pt. 1. Does a Social Security crisis exist? -- Social Security will be bankrupt by 2037 unless reformed / Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and Federal Disability Insurance Trust Funds -- Social Security remains financially strong / National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare -- Smaller families and increasing longevity threaten Social Security / Gayle L. Reznik, Dave Shoffner, and David A. Weaver -- False beliefs have led to a Social Security scare / Teresa Ghilarducci -- Politics are behind the Social Security scare / William Greider -- The politics of an aging population make Social Security cuts difficult / Vincenzo Galasso -- Private pensions are failing to provide retirement security / Charles R. Morris -- pt. 2. How should the Social Security system be reformed? -- Increased taxes and reduced benefits can strengthen Social Security / Peter A. Diamond and Peter R. Orszag -- Social Security should be replaced with a mandatory private system / Edgar K. Browning -- Lifting the Social Security wage cap would increase revenues / John Miller -- Lifting the Social Security wage cap will not save the system / David C. John and Rea S. Hederman Jr. -- Simplifying Social Security should be a priority of reform efforts / Andrew G. Biggs -- pt. 3. How does Social Security affect different social groups? -- The mentally ill are straining Social Security disability programs / Jennifer L. Erkulwater -- Proposed reforms will reduce Social Security payments to the disabled / Barbara D. Bovbjerg -- Privatizing Social Security will help African Americans / Michael Tanner -- Social Security privatization will not help African Americans / William E. Spriggs -- Privatization of pension systems generally harms women / Ross Prizzia -- Private retirement accounts would be fairer than Social Security to women / Leanne Abdnor -- pt. 4. How do other countries approach Social Security? -- Britain is forced to supplement its privatized pension system / Alicia H. Munnell and Steven A. Sass -- Britain should not abandon pension privatization / James Banks [and others] -- Chile's private pension system is a good model / Universia Knowledge@Wharton -- Chile's pension system has numerous problems / Christopher Tamborini.
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