Social security and the middle-class squeeze : fact and fiction about America's entitlement programs / Leonard J. Santow and Mark E. Santow ; foreword byHenry Kaufman.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-205) and index.
Contents
A practitioner and a historian combine ideas -- Government and the promise of American life -- The middle class and the American dream -- Explaining and analyzing are not enough -- New ways to look at social security, Medicare and Medicaid -- Misconceptions and myths about social security -- Government cannot legislate investment success -- Big budget deficits--not good for stocks and privatization -- Let's talk politics -- Forecasting by the trustees--flaws and recommendations -- Social security around the world -- Some parting thoughts.
