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Among the issues discussed are the problems of the current system; proposals for the reform; and the impact of reform on the poor, women, and minorities.
More Reviews and RecommendationsAmong the issues discussed are the problems of the current system; proposals for the reform; and the impact of reform on the poor, women, and minorities.
| Acknowledgments | ||
| Introduction | 1 | |
| 1 | Reengineering social security for the 21st century | 13 |
| 2 | The trust fund, the surplus, and the real social security problem | 37 |
| 3 | "Saving" social security is not enough | 53 |
| 4 | Property rights : the hidden issue of social security reform | 69 |
| 5 | Private investment of social security : the $10 trillion opportunity | 81 |
| 6 | The moral case for a market-based retirement system | 89 |
| 7 | Social security choices for the 21st-century woman | 111 |
| 8 | The impact of social security reform on low-income workers | 133 |
| 9 | Disparate impact : social security and African Americans | 147 |
| 10 | No second best : the unappetizing alternatives to individual accounts | 165 |
| 11 | Empowering workers : the privatization of social security in Chile | 189 |
| 12 | Perspectives on the President's commission to strengthen social security | 201 |
| 13 | The 6.2 percent solution : a plan for reforming social security | 281 |
| 14 | Speaking the truth about social security reform | 309 |
| 15 | Administration costs and the relative efficiency of public and private social security systems | 313 |
| 16 | Personal accounts in a down market : how recent stock market declines affect the social security reform debate | 333 |
| 17 | Public opinion and private accounts : measuring risk and confidence in rethinking social security | 357 |
| Contributors | 371 | |
| Index | 373 |
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