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Sustainable Social Security

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  • Kathleen Krier

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The Social Security system requires additional funding to be solvent, according to current projections. But the distribution of benefits is also unfair, argues this author. In her detailed piece, she describes a plan to solve both problems.

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  • Kathleen Krier, 2013. "Sustainable Social Security," Challenge, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 56(3), pages 74-92.
    • Handle: RePEc:mes:challe:v:56:y:2013:i:3:p:74-92
    DOI: 10.2753/0577-5132560305
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