Explores a variety of issues related to social security including whether social security is going bankrupt, the success of social security as a government program, how private retirement accounts might impact retirees economic security, and how to address Social Security's fiscal issues

Acknowledgments -- How does social security work? -- Sustainability and financing reform -- Benefit adequacy -- Retirement policy -- Reforming the reform process -- Conclusion: the way forward -- Appendix -- References -- Author -- Index -- About the institute