Social security

Does a Social Security crisis exist? Social Security will be bankrupt by 2037 unless reformed / Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and Federal Disability Insurance Trust Funds ; Social Security remains financially strong / National Committee to preserve Social Security and Medicare ; Smaller families and increasing longevity threaten Social Security / Gayle L. Reznik, Dave Shoffner, and David A. Weaver ; False beliefs have led to a Social Security scare / Teresa Ghilarducci ; Politics are behind the Social Security scare / William Greider ; The politics of an aging population make Social Security cuts difficult / Vincenzo Galasso ; Private pensions are failing to provide retirement security / Charles R. Morris

How should the Social Security system be reformed? Increased taxes and reduced benefits can strengthen Social Security / Peter A. Diamond and Peter R. Orszag ; Social Security should be replaced with a mandatory private system / Edgar K. Browning ; Lifting the Social Security wage cap would increase revenues / John Miller ; Lifting the Social Security wage cap will not save the system / David C. John and Rea S. Hederman Jr. ; Simplifying Social Security should be a priority of reform efforts / Andrew G. Biggs

How does Social Security affect different social groups? The mentally ill are straining Social Security disability programs / Jennifer L. Erkulwater ; Proposed reforms will reduce Social Security payments to the disabled / Barbara D. Bovbjerg ; Privatizing Social Security will help African Americans / Michael Tanner ; Social Security privatization will not help African Americans / William E. Spriggs ; Privatization of pension systems generally harms women / Ross Prizzia ; Private retirement accounts would be fairer than Social Security to women / Leanne Abdnor

How do other countries approach social security? Britain is forced to supplement its privatized pension system / Alicia H. Munnell and Steven A. Sass ; Britain should not abandon pension privatization / James Banks ... [et al.] ; Chile's private pension system is a good model / Universia Knowledge@Wharton ; Chile's pension system has numerous problems / Christopher Tamborini.