The Future of Social Security Policy: Women, Work and A Citizens Basic Income (Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy) Current debates concerning the future of social security provision in advanced capitalist states have raised the issue of a citizen’s basic income (CBI) as a possible reform package: a proposal based on the principles of individuality, universality [...] Read more »
Social Security Law in Context
Social Security Law in Context The social security system of Great Britain has reached a crossroads, following the election of a Labour Government promising a ‘New Age’ of welfare and seemingly prepared to ‘think the unthinkable’ on welfare reform, at a time when public expenditure on welfare benefits has reached nearly GBP100 billion per annum. [...] Read more »
Cafferty File: Privatizing Social Security
From the Cafferty File: Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, AIG, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The crisis on Wall Street is enough to rattle any investor Let alone one who is about to retire or whos already living on a fixed income. 401(k)s and pension plans — many of which have exposure to these [...] Read more »
Employers in Twenty-One States to See Tax Rates Rise
Employers in Twenty-One States to See Tax Rates Rise Santa Barbara, CA (PRWEB) November 22, 2011 With chronic unemployment lingering across the U.S., many state unemployment funds are long past being able to support laid off workers without the help of [...] Read more »
Asia Society Selects Zack Friedman As Asia 21 Young Leader Friedman Named One of The Top Leaders Under The Age of Forty
Asia Society Selects Zack Friedman As Asia 21 Young Leader Friedman Named One of The Top Leaders Under The Age of Forty New York, NY (PRWEB) November 18, 2011 Zack Friedman has been named among the 150 next generation leaders from across 30 [...] Read more »
Privatizing Pensions: The Transnational Campaign for Social Security Reform Reviews
Privatizing Pensions: The Transnational Campaign for Social Security Reform ISBN13: 9780691136974 Condition: New Notes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. Tracking provided on most orders. Buy with Confidence! Millions of books sold! To what extent do international organizations, global policy networks, and transnational policy entrepreneurs influence domestic policy makers? Have we entered a new [...] Read more »
Risk Aspects of Investment-Based Social Security Reform (National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report)
Risk Aspects of Investment-Based Social Security Reform (National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report) Our current social security system operates on a pay-as-you-go basis; benefits are paid almost entirely out of current revenues. As the ratio of retirees to taxpayers increases, concern about the high costs of providing benefits in a pay-as-you-go system has led [...] Read more »
Is It Time to Reform Social Security?
Is It Time to Reform Social Security? Social Security is now the federal government’s largest, and probably its most popular, program. It has performed well and grown hugely over the twentieth century, with the trust fund that pays benefits generally being kept financially solvent and paying people a decent return on their contributions. But all [...] Read more »
Making Social Security Law: The Role And Work of the Social Security And Child Support Commissioners Reviews
Making Social Security Law: The Role And Work of the Social Security And Child Support Commissioners Presenting a unique and timely insight into an area of law making which previously has not been exposed to public scrutiny, this volume provides a comprehensive analysis of the role and work of the Social Security and Child Support [...] Read more »
International Perspectives on Social Security Reform
International Perspectives on Social Security Reform The aging of America’s population makes it imperative that we reform Social Security, but so far we have failed. To instruct this seemingly endless quest, International Perspectives on Social Security Reform looks at public pension revision in six countries that, like the United States, are members of the OECD [...] Read more »