Print version: Diamond, Peter A. Saving Social security : a balanced approach. Washington, District of Columbia : Brookings Institution Press, [2005] xxvi, 294 pages ; 23 cm ISBN 9780815718376
A brief overview of Social Security -- Goals for Social Security reform -- Social Security’s long-term deficit -- A three-part plan to shore up Social Security -- Strengthening Social Security’s effectiveness as social insurance -- Implications for benefits and revenue -- Individual accounts -- Questions and answers about our balanced reform plan -- Conclusions -- Appendixes: A. Social Security and national saving -- B. Trends in retirement age -- C. How the legacy debt arose: A simplified example -- D. Characteristics of tax-favored defined-contribution plans -- E. Should the trust fund invest in the stock market? -- F. Comparisons with models 2 and 3 of the President’s Commission -- G. Memorandum from the Office of the Chief Actuary -- H. Long-term analysis of the Diamond-Orszag Social Security plan.