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Birth of an Entitlement
Source: Reason Foundation
Author: Carolyn Weaver
Country: United States

Early history of the Social Security system.

Empowering People
Source: Cato Institute
Author: José Piņera
City: Washington, State: DC, Country: United States

José Piņera's testimony before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Securities on why Social Security is heading for a major crash and why privatization is the only option.

Speaking the Truth about Social Security Reform
Source: Cato Institute/The New York Times
Author: Milton Friedman
Country: United States

Dr. Friedman argues that transitioning to a privatized Social Security system would not be expensive. He also argues that participation in it should not be mandatory. Full text is Adobe Acrobat.(4/99)

Retiring the Social Security Earnings Test
Source: Institute for Policy Innovation
Author: Gary and Aldona Robbins
Country: United States

An issue brief challenging the way the tax code punishes retirees who want to work. Adobe PDF file. (5/6/99)

Social Security reform proposals: USAs, Clawbacks, and other add-ons
Source: Cato Institute
Author: Darcy Ann Olsen
Country: United States

Merely tacking personal retirement accounts onto Social Security does not address the actual insolvency of the system and is essentially an unfair tax increase. Cato Policy Brief #47. In Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format. (6/10/99)

The Case for Privatizing America's Social Security System
Source: International Center for Pension Reform
Author: Edward H. Crane
Country: United States

Although geared primarily toward the American system, this speech offers a general argument for why government-run pension systems should be replaced by private alternatives. (12/97)

Partial privatization of Social Security has worked elsewhere
Source: NCPA
Country: United States

"Parties of the left support Social Security investment accounts in Sweden, Germany, Australia and Great Britain, says Martin Feldstein, so what is the problem with American liberals?" (08/02/01)

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