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Informationen zum Autor Lewis D. Solomon Klappentext Financial Security and Personal Wealth deals extensively with the politics of social security! past and present. Solomon examines the presidential leadership of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan! both of whom revived the nations spirit in times of crisis! both of whom introduced economic policies that remain controversial to the present day. He also considers in detail contemporary efforts to rethink social security! focusing on fundamental reform of the social security system and the expansion and simplification of employer-sponsored retirement plans and individual retirement arrangements! and more broadly! discusses how to provide for the financial security of Americas senior populations. Zusammenfassung America's elderly population is soaring, presenting numerous challenges for policymakers in the United States Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction; 2: Personal Responsibility and the Growth of Employer-Sponsored Pension Plans: 1870 to 1930; 3: The Growth of Social Security and Other Retirement Plans: 1930 to 1980; 4: Putting Social Security on a Sound Financial Footing and the Continued Development of Tax-Advantaged Retirement Arrangements: 1980 to 2000; 5: The Contemporary Quest for Fundamental Social Security Reform; 6: Enhancing Tax-Advantaged Retirement Savings, Strengthening Defined Benefit Plans, and Improving Defined Contribution Plans; 7: Financial Illiteracy and Efforts to Promote Investor Education; 8: Conclusion
