Framing the social security debate : values, politics, and economics

Introduction / Alice H. Munnell -- Values, politics, and economics in social security reform. A framework for considering social security reform / Michael J. Boskin -- The economics of social security reform / Peter A. Diamond -- A political science perspective on social security reform / Hugh Heclo -- Penions and savings : in what form? / Dallas L. Salisbury -- Defined contribution plans : risky business for plan participant / Regina T. Jefferson (discussant) -- Questionable model for social security. Social security : in what form? Individual uncertainty in retirement income planning under different public pension regimes / Lawrence H. Thompson -- Would privatized social security system really pay a higher rate of return? / John Geanakoplos, Olivia Mitchell, and Stephen P. Zeldes -- Insuring against the consequences of widowhood in a reformed social security system / Karen C. Holden -- Comments / Sylvester J. Schieber (discussant) -- Comments / Henry J. Aaron (discussant) -- Insights from social security reform abroad. The politics of pensions : lessons from abroad / R. Kent Weaver -- The pension reform process in the United Kingdom / Richard Disney (discussant) -- Reforming public pension / John Myles (discussant) -- Social security pension reforms in Germany / Winfried Schmähl (discussant)-- The Canadian experience / David Walker (discussant) -- Public investment in private markets. Investing public money in private markets : what are the right questions? / Theodore J. Angelis -- Comments / Warren L. Batts (discussant) -- Comments / Francis X. Cavanaugh (discussant) -- Regulatory problems in privatizing social / Howell E. Jackson (discussant) -- Comments / Ian Lanoff (discussant) -- Public opinion and the politics of reforming social security -- Myths and misunderstandings about public opinion toward social security : knowledge, support, and reformism -- The political feasibility of social security reform / R. Douglas Arnold