{"product_id":"privatizing-social-security-martin-feldstein-9780226241012","title":"Privatizing Social Security","description":"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 security is facing enormous fiscal pressure in the face of an aging population, there has been relatively little published on the fundamentals of essential reform through privatization. \u003ci\u003ePrivatizing Social Security\u003c\/i\u003e fills this void by studying the methods and problems involved in shifting from the current system to one based on mandatory saving in individual accounts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Timely and important. . . . [\u003ci\u003ePrivatizing Social Security\u003c\/i\u003e] presents a forceful case for a radical shift from the existing unfunded, pay-as-you-go single national program to a mandatory funded program with individual savings accounts. . . . An extensive analysis of how a privatized plan would work in the United States is supplemented with the experiences of five other countries that have privatized plans.\" --\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[A] high-powered collection of essays by top experts in the field.\"--Timothy Taylor, \u003ci\u003ePublic Interest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Martin Feldstein\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226241017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226241012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 488\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.23h x 6.28w x 1.26d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/1998 pg. 106","brand":"Martin Feldstein","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086397845759,"sku":"9780226241012","price":117.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a765dd91-e9b9-422f-8278-bc7a5b00e6bf.jpg?v=1769094449","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/privatizing-social-security-martin-feldstein-9780226241012","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}