Social security and the middle-class squeeze fact and fiction about America's entitlement programs
At the outset of his second term, President Bush's proposal to partially privatize Social Security has touched off a debate of enormous proportion. Disentangling the rhetoric and hyperbole from fact is essential for anyone trying to evaluate the potential merits or pitfalls of the plan. Leonard...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Westport, Conn. :
Praeger Publishers
c2005.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b31398388*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- A practitioner and a historian combine ideas
- Government and the promise of American life
- The middle class and the American dream
- Explaining and analyzing are not enough
- New ways to look at social security, Medicare and Medicaid
- Misconceptions and myths about social security
- Government cannot legislate investment success
- Big budget deficits--not good for stocks and privatization
- Let's talk politics
- Forecasting by the trustees--flaws and recommendations
- Social security around the world
- Some parting thoughts.
