The United States social security system is the nation's largest social insurance program. As such, it has a far-reaching impact throughout the economy, influen

This volume represents the most important work to date on one of the pressing policy issues of the moment: the privatization of social security. Although social

This book examines the history of Social Security and predicts that the system will face bankruptcy within the next few years.

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