This article explores policy alternatives that can bring Social Security (OASDI) into long-term
balance. The alternatives conform to long-standing principles that benefits are: an earned …

A sea change has occurred in the policy debate over old-age social security systems in the
United States and throughout the world. For most of the twentieth century traditional public …

For the next 75 years, the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) system is
projected to be close to in balance, on average. For approximately the next 40 years, under …

This paper presents several alternative social security reform options in which the projected
level of benefits for every future cohort of retirees is as high as or higher than the benefits …

The Social Security system, formally known as Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Disability
Insurance (OASDI), began in 1935 under the direction of former President Franklin …

The Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program faces a serious long-term
solvency crisis. The 2001 Trustees' Report projects that the OASDI trust funds will be …

Like many other public pay-as-you-go (PAYG) systems, the United States Social Security
system is running into long-run financial difficulties. Workers are now living long past their …

The old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program is projected to run unprecedented
annual surpluses for the next 30 years, accumulating assets equal to nearly 30% of GNP by …

Concern about the long-term solvency of the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) Trust
Fund has spawned numerous proposals to reform the existing structure of the Social …

programs to maintain income in old age for those who are no longer able to work. This
framework of programs has to be judged in terms of their combined impact on the problems …