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Author : Robert MacIntosh
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Pension Fund Debate written by Robert MacIntosh and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Melissa Hardy
Publisher : Russell Sage Foundation
ISBN 13 : 1610442725
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (14 download)
Download or read book Pension Puzzles written by Melissa Hardy and published by Russell Sage Foundation. This book was released on 2007-07-19 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rancorous debate over the future of Social Security reached a fever pitch in 2005 when President Bush unsuccessfully proposed a plan for private retirement accounts. Although efforts to reform Social Security seem to have reached an impasse, the long-term problem—the projected Social Security deficit—remains. In Pension Puzzles, sociologists Melissa Hardy and Lawrence Hazelrigg explain for a general audience the fiscal challenges facing Social Security and explore the larger political context of the Social Security debate. Pension Puzzles cuts through the sloganeering of politicians in both parties, presenting Social Security's technical problems evenhandedly and showing how the Social Security debate is one piece of a larger political struggle. Hardy and Hazelrigg strip away the ideological baggage to explicate the basic terms and concepts needed to understand the predicament of Social Security. They compare the cases for privatizing Social Security and for preserving the program in its current form with adjustments to taxes and benefits, and they examine the different economic projections assumed by proponents of each approach. In pursuit of its privatization agenda, Hardy and Hazelrigg argue, the Bush administration has misled the public on an issue that was already widely misunderstood. The authors show how privatization proponents have relied on dubious assumptions about future rates of return to stock market investments and about the average citizen's ability to make informed investment decisions. In addition, the administration has painted the real but manageable shortfalls in Social Security revenue as a fiscal crisis. Projections of Social Security revenues and benefits by the Social Security Administration have treated revenues as fixed, when in fact they are determined by choices made by Congress. Ultimately, as Hardy and Hazelrigg point out, the clash over Social Security is about more than technical fiscal issues: it is part of the larger culture wars and the ideological struggle over what kind of social responsibilities and rights American citizens should have. This rancorous partisan wrangling, the alarmist talk about a "crisis" in Social Security, and the outright deception employed in this debate have all undermined the trust between citizens and government that is needed to restore the solvency of Social Security for future generations of retirees. Drawing together economic analyses, public opinion data, and historical narratives, Pension Puzzles is a lucid and engaging guide to the major proposals for Social Security reform. It is also an insightful exploration of what that debate reveals about American political culture in the twenty-first century. A Volume in the American Sociological Association's Rose Series in Sociology
Author : Gordon L. Clark
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN 13 : 0199261768
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (992 download)
Download or read book Pension Security in the 21st Century written by Gordon L. Clark and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2003-11-20 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on how Europe and the USA are dealing with the demographic, financial and political pressures on pension security, this book seeks to explore the links between two spheres often considered separately; i.e. old age security and global finance.
Author : American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (512 download)
Download or read book The Debate on Private Pensions written by American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Gary Anderson
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191610259
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)
Download or read book The Future of Public Employee Retirement Systems written by Gary Anderson and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2009-08-13 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People covered by public pensions are often the subject of 'pension envy:' that is, their benefits might seem more generous and their contributions lower than those offered by the private sector. Yet this book points out that such judgments are often inaccurate, since civil servants hold jobs with few counterparts in private industry, such as firefighters, police, judges, and teachers. Often these are riskier, dirtier, and demand more loyalty and discretion than would be required of a more mobile labor force in the private sector. The debate challenges traditional ideas about how the public employee labor contract is structured and raises questions about how such employees are attracted to the public sector, retained and motivated on the job, and retired, via an entire compensation package of wages and benefits. Authors explore aspects of these schemes, addressing the cost and valuation debate, along with the political economy of how public pension asset pools are perceived and managed, an increasingly important topic in times of global financial turmoil. The discussion also explores ways that public pensions can be strengthened in the US, Japan, Canada, and Germany. The volume captures a vigorous debate currently underway by academics, financial experts, regulators, and plan sponsors, all seeking to define a new future for public retirement systems. It will be of substantial interest to a wide range of readers, since public sector employees and their representatives will naturally find the comparisons and arguments over valuation of keen interest. Public pension administrators and policymakers seeking an explanation of what makes these plans so costly will gain a new understanding of how the arguments stack up. Private sector employers and plan sponsors can learn much from efforts to reform these retirement systems in states and countries around the world. Finally, investors and the taxpaying public more generally may be at risk to cover these long-term promises, so it behoves them to pay close attention to the financing and investment practices of these plans, along with their valuation. This volume represents an invaluable addition to the Pension Research Council / Oxford University Press series as it includes actuarial, economic, and financial perspectives making it useful for academics, retirement plan administrators, and public employees wishing to understand the challenges facing public pensions.
Author : R. Douglas Arnold
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
ISBN 13 : 0815791267
Total Pages : 463 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (157 download)
Download or read book Framing the Social Security Debate written by R. Douglas Arnold and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2010-12 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his 1998 State of the Union address, President Clinton challenged Americans to a public debate about how to fix the long-term financial problems of Social Security. This annual volume of the National Academy of Social Insurance provides a framework for that debate. Competing reform proposals reflect contrasting views about the nature of the Social Security problem and how to solve it. This book examines issues about privatization, national savings and economic growth, the political risks and realities in reforms, lessons from private pensions developments in the United States, and the efforts of other advanced industrial countries to adapt their old-age pensions to an aging population. It also poses philosophical arguments about collective versus individual responsibility and the implications of market risks and political risks for stable and secure retirement income policy. The contributors are Theo Angelis, Michael J. Boskin, Peter A. Diamond, John Geanakoplos, Hugh Heclo, Karen C. Holden, Howell Jackson, Olivia Mitchell, Dallas L. Salisbury, Lawrence H. Thompson, Kent Weaver, and Stephen P. Zeldes. Copublished with the National Academy of Social Insurance
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book First[-second] Panel Discussion on Private Pension Plan Reform: Vesting and funding provisions; termination insurance; portability; and fiduciary standards written by and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Olivia S. Mitchell
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 9780812235784
Total Pages : 692 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (357 download)
Download or read book Pensions in the Public Sector written by Olivia S. Mitchell and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Pension Research Council of the Wharton School, this book explores the diversity of governmental pension plans and investigates how these financial institutions must change in years to come.
Author : Robert Louis Clark
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 9780812237146
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (371 download)
Download or read book A History of Public Sector Pensions in the United States written by Robert Louis Clark and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2003-05-12 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Wharton School, offering a comprehensive assessment of the political and financial dimensions of public-sector pensions from the colonial period until the emergence of modern retirement plans in the twentieth century.
Author : Henry J. Aaron
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Countdown to Reform written by Henry J. Aaron and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this revised and updated edition of their influential book, two of the nation's most widely respected economists argue that calls for scrapping Social Security in favor of a privatized plan are misguided and that the claims that the system faces bankruptcy are not only exaggerated, they are just plain wrong. The authors analyze the economic assumptions underlying current reform efforts, closely scrutinizing proposals to reform Social Security. They also provide the historical background of the economic circumstances that different generations have faced and show how changes in Social Security have affected life in America.
Author : John A. Turner
Publisher : W.E. Upjohn Institute
ISBN 13 : 0880992832
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Individual Accounts for Social Security Reform written by John A. Turner and published by W.E. Upjohn Institute. This book was released on 2006 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the current state of workers' freedom to form unions and bargain collectively and looks at the obstacles facing America's workers who seek to organize into unions in the 21st century.
Author : United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Tax Treatment of Pension Plans written by United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michael Orszag, John Evans, John Piggott
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1781007667
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (81 download)
Download or read book Pension fund governance written by Michael Orszag, John Evans, John Piggott and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2008-06-30 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'This collection of essays on a rapidly developing topic is a valuable addition to the field and the editors must be congratulated on beginning to bring the area to the attention of thinkers and government (not necessarily the same thing), who are charged with dealing with the challenge of controlling private pension provision.' - Robin Ellison, Pensions
Author : Alicia H. Munnell
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0815724136
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (157 download)
Download or read book State and Local Pensions written by Alicia H. Munnell and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2012-08-27 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the wake of the financial crisis and Great Recession, the health of state and local pension plans has emerged as a front burner policy issue. Elected officials, academic experts, and the media alike have pointed to funding shortfalls with alarm, expressing concern that pension promises are unsustainable or will squeeze out other pressing government priorities. A few local governments have even filed for bankruptcy, with pensions cited as a major cause. Alicia H. Munnell draws on both her practical experience and her research to provide a broad perspective on the challenge of state and local pensions. She shows that the story is big and complicated and cannot be viewed through a narrow prism such as accounting methods or the role of unions. By examining the diversity of the public plan universe, Munnell debunks the notion that all plans are in trouble. In fact, she finds that while a few plans are basket cases, many are functioning reasonably well. Munnell's analysis concludes that the plans in serious trouble need a major overhaul. But even the relatively healthy plans face three challenges ahead: an excessive concentration of plan assets in equities; the risk that steep benefit cuts for new hires will harm workforce quality; and the constraints plans face in adjusting future benefits for current employees. Here, Munnell proposes solutions that preserve the main strengths of state and local pensions while promoting needed reforms.
Author : Frank Field
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)
Download or read book Debating Pensions written by Frank Field and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jun Peng
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 0849305519
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (493 download)
Download or read book State and Local Pension Fund Management written by Jun Peng and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2008-08-21 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intense media coverage of the public pension funding crisis continues to fuel heightened awareness in and debate over public pension benefits. With over $3 trillion in assets currently under management, the ramifications of poor oversight are severe. It is important that practitioners, researchers, and taxpayers be well-advised regarding any concer
Author : Samuel Pienknagura
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
ISBN 13 : 151359611X
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (135 download)
Download or read book Assessing Chile's Pension System: Challenges and Reform Options written by Samuel Pienknagura and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2021-09-10 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chile’s pension system came under close scrutiny in recent years. This paper takes stock of the adequacy of the system and highlights its challenges. Chile’s defined contribution system was quite influential when introduced, and was taken as an example by other countries. However, it is now delivering low replacement rates relative to OECD peers, as its parameters did not adapt over time to changing demographics and global returns, while informality persists in the labor market. In the absence of reforms, the system’s inability to deliver adequate outcomes for a large share of participants will continue to magnify, as demographic trends and low global interest rates will continue to reduce replacement rates. In addition, recent legislation allowing for pension savings withdrawals to counter the effects from the COVID-19 pandemic, is projected to further reduce replacement rates and increase fiscal costs. A substantial improvement in replacement rates is feasible, via a reform that raises contribution rates and the retirement age, coupled with policies that increases workers’ contribution density.
