Wed Apr 20 14:02:41 EDT 2005
Recent publications in the BePress.
There are several good columns or articles that have been published in =
the BePress at http://www.bepress.com/ev/vol2/iss1/ Four of them have =
been posted in the last week. There are also letters to the editor
there.
The list is below and they can be downloaded from the press web site.
I found the Boskin and Stiglitz columns to be fairly general and to
express their political economic views of the long-term solvency and
what PRAs will do. Boskin is pro PRAs and Stigliz is opposed.
The Diamond and Orszag is a very good summary of their recommendations =
that are spelled out in more detail in their book Saving Social
Security. I found it very useful.
Munnell is critical of the =93Administration=92s Proposed Retirement =
Saving
Accounts (RSAs)=94 She points out that current holders of 401Ks have =
not
done as well as the hypothetical proposals would suggest. She also
mentions that many discussions of projected future benefits do not
consider that the Medicare Part B deduction is going to be increasing.
Bergmann is pointing out that a higher tax rate may be tolerable =
as other countries support there transfer programs with higher rates
than the US,
Samuel H. Williamson
Editor of SocSec
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Paul Krugman (December 29, 2004)=A0Confusions about Social Security.
Edward P. Lazear (January 24, 2005)=A0The Virtues of Personal Accounts =
for Social Security.
Joseph Stiglitz (February 9, 2005)=A0Securing Social Security for the
Future.
Peter A. Diamond and Peter R. Orszag (April 4, 2005)=A0Saving Social
Security: The Diamond-Orszag Plan.
Alicia Munnell (April 15, 2005)=A0Test Drive Suggests Bush's "Ownership =
Society" May Be a Lemon.
Michael J. Boskin (April 15, 2005)=A0Straight Talk on Social Security
Reform
N. Gregory Mankiw (December 29, 2004)=A0The Economic Agenda
Barbara R. Bergmann (April 15, 2005)=A0Could Social Security Go Broke?