Saving Social security: a balanced approach

A brief overview of Social Security

Goals for Social Security reform

Social Security's long-term deficit

A balanced three-part plan to shore up Social Security

Strengthening Social Security's effectiveness as social insurance

Implications of our reform plan for benefits and revenue

Individual accounts

Questions and answers about our balanced reform plan

Conclusions

Appendixes: A. Social Security and national saving

B. Trends in retirement age

C. How the legacy debt arose: A simplified example

D. Characteristics of tax-favored defined-contribution plans

E. Should the trust fund invest in the stock market?

F. Comparisons with models 2 and 3 of the President's Commission

G. Memorandum from the Office of the Chief Actuary.