European University Institute Library

The predictable surprise, the unraveling of the U.S. retirement system, Sylvester J. Schieber

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages [383]-421) and index

illustrations

index present

non fiction

The predictable surprise

bibliography

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Sylvester J. Schieber

the unraveling of the U.S. retirement system

Retirement USA -- Early motivations behind the pension movement -- Development and passage of the Social Security Act -- Early concerns prove nagging and persistent -- Moving to pay-as-you-go financing -- A deal too good to last -- Operations under pay-as-you-go financing -- Crisis reactions : conflict, consensus and surprise -- Sorting out the trust fund semantics and realities -- Policy stalemate at the demographic divide -- Understanding social security in modern times -- Employer pensions taking root -- Growing pains for private retirement plans -- ERISA : the transition to a new regulatory regime -- The 1980s, a decade of regulatory schizophrenia -- Good intentions gone awry -- Some good news--or not -- The unfolding of a predictable defined benefit surprise -- And then, a predictable defined contribution surprise -- Public pensions : the good, the bad and the ugly -- Retirement income security and workers' residuals -- End game : a gold watch, pat on the back and more -- We've killed the goose, Let's gild the eggs -- Tax benefits and benefit taxes -- Retiree health benefits : misfortune or malpractice -- The fellow behind the tree -- Securing the social security foundation -- Securing tax-favored benefits and living standards -- Remembering the future