{"product_id":"a-well-tailored-safety-net-jed-graham-9780313381690","title":"A Well-Tailored Safety Net: The Only Fair and Sensible Way to Save Social Security","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis intriguing book introduces the first Social Security reform proposal tailored to meet the nation's fiscal challenges \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e care for an aging population.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTackling one of the most difficult and divisive issues facing America today, \u003ci\u003eA Well-Tailored Safety Net: The Only Fair and Sensible Way to Save Social Security\u003c\/i\u003e seeks to transform the political debate over Social Security reform by introducing the first proposal tailored to meet both the nation's fiscal challenges and the responsibility of caring for an aging population. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the first batch of 77 million baby boomers begins to collect its social security benefits in the midst of the explosion of national debt from economic recovery expenditures, Social Security reform becomes increasingly urgent. Jed Graham takes apart each of the current leading proposals and shows how all of them fall short by the key criteria of affordability, effectiveness, and fairness. Graham proposes a bold new approach that would erase more debt than any other proposal, yet avoid benefit cuts in very old age, when people can least afford them. Short on actuary speak and long on common sense, \u003ci\u003eA Well-Tailored Safety Net\u003c\/i\u003e makes the Social Security debate accessible to general readers. At the same time, it advances innovative solutions with such command of analytic detail and ideological impartiality as to merit serious study by legislators and policymakers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jed Graham\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0313381690\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780313381690\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Praeger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.60h x 6.60w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2010 pg. 115","brand":"Jed Graham","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47757385793791,"sku":"9780313381690","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_72762bb7-b519-40a4-8d55-57c288df4731.jpg?v=1765510231","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-well-tailored-safety-net-jed-graham-9780313381690","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}