Pensions, Social Security, and the Privatization of Risk

Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-0-231-14694-4
Verlag: Columbia University Press

Buch, Englisch, 138 Seiten, Format (B × H): 143 mm x 221 mm, Gewicht: 296 g

Reihe: A Columbia / SSRC Book (Privatization of Risk)

As Social Security, workplace pensions, and individual retirement accounts become more insecure, America's pension system is in serious need of rehabilitation. In this timely volume, Mitchell A. Orenstein and his distinguished colleagues Gary Burtless, Teresa Ghilarducci, and Alicia Munnell argue that any reform of the U.S. pension system must address both future imbalances in the Social Security program and weaknesses in the workplace and individual retirement systems on which a growing number of Americans now rely. Weighing what is gained against what is lost as new proposals surface, this book offers a clear account and reasoned analysis of the looming crisis, as well as our collective alternatives both domestically and abroad.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Furman, Mitchell

Orenstein, Mitchell

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftssysteme, Wirtschaftsstrukturen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Dienste, Soziale Organisationen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

IntroductionMitchell A. Orenstein

Chapter OneRetirements at RiskAlicia H. Munnell

Chapter TwoExpanding Participation in America's Workplace Retirement SystemGary Burtless

Chapter ThreeFinancial Market Turbulence and Social Security ReformGary Burtless

Chapter FourThe Plan to Save American Workers' Retirements

Chapter FiveLearning from International ExperienceMitchell A. Orenstein

List of Contributors

Über Autor(innen)

Mitchell A. Orenstein is S. Richard Hirsch Associate Professor of European Studies at the Washington, D.C.-based Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. He is the author of Privatizing Pensions: The Transnational Campaign for Social Security Reform.