Many of us suspect that Social Security faces eventual bankruptcy. But the government projects its future finances using long outdated methods. Employing a more up-to-date approach, Jagadeesh Gokhale here argues that the program faces insolvency far sooner than previously thought. To assess...

Chapter 1. Public Pensions Systems. Bibliometric Study of Academic Publications in Scientific Journals -- Chapter 2. Demographic and Social Challenges in the Design of Public Pension Schemes -- Chapter 3. The Public Pension Systems and the Economic Crisis -- Chapter 4. Pensions, Economic Growth...