The terrorist attack of September 11, 2001, draws attention to two long-standing social insurance programs that pay cash benefits to families when a breadwinner dies. Workers' compensation pays benefits if a worker is killed at work. Social Security pays families whether or not the worker's...

This report considers some of the payout issues that might arise from implementing a system of individual accounts, if such accounts were to become a part of federal retirement policy. Why is it important to examine "payout" issues? Because a central goal of retirement security policy is to...

Die seit Ende der 1970er Jahre von Sambia unternommenen wirtschaftlichen Restrukturierungs- und Wiederaufbauprogramme waren allesamt erfolglos. Auch das jüngste Programm, das zu wirtschaftlichem Wachstum und zu Armutsreduzierung führen soll, droht zu scheitern: der öffentliche Haushalt ist...