Challenging the Third Rail: Iconography and Social Security Reform

The Social Security system is expected to go bankrupt in approximately 2032. The debate on how to reform the system currently revolves around the issue of privatization. Advocates of privatization claim that allowing individuals to invest some of their SSI contributions would provide greater returns...

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Published in:Journal of business ethics
Main Author: Mitschow, Mark C. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2001
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2001, Volume: 29, Issue: 1, Pages: 95-103
Further subjects:B Public Policy
B Social Security
B Folk
B Economic Growth
B Security System
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