Description: This article is a review of the 1977 book “The Future of Social Security,” by Alicia H. Munnell, formerly on the staff of the Brookings Institution and now an Assistant Vice President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. The author of this review notes that the financial problems of the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance program have drawn considerable public attention during the past few years, and this has produced quite a number of books and papers on the subject with various recommendations as to what should be done about the future of the program. The reviewer thinks highly of this book, which covers the philosophical questions of individual equity vs. social adequacy, and the question of the effect of OASDI on savings and capital accumulation. Note: A detailed review of the book will appear in the Transactions.

Description: Research on the elementary models of the reserve fund for the old-age, survivors and disability insurance OASDI in the United States. From the Actuarial Research Clearing House 1991, Vol.1.

Description: The reviewer finds the authors have performed a great service by condensing information into a usable study and finds it to be 'required reading' for anyone interested in the OASDI system. From The Actuary, February 1989, Volume 23, No. 2.

Description: Chapter 7 of the Models for Retirement Policy Analysis. This chapter describes the Social Security Administration's system of assumptions and modeling techniques used to project the finances of the Federal Old Age and Survivors Insurance OASI and Disability Insurance DI trust funds.

Description: Article describing two actuarial notes released by the Social Security Administration in 1967 clarifying changes to primary insurance amounts and family benefits.

Description: Describes the December 2021 COLA and other changes effective in 2022, along with how they are computed.

Description: The book, 'Individual Accounts for Social Perspectives on the U.S. Debate' by John Turner, is reviewed in light of recent congressional failure to reform Social Security and in light of a survey of actuaries that produced divergent views on the subject [link to survey included].

Description: The paper reviews in detail the measures of actuarial status used for the social security program since the program was developed in the middle 1930s. The paper concludes with suggestions by the author concerning appropriate measures of actuarial status for social security in the future. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1981, Vol. 33.

Description: Article from Pension Section News, May 2007, No. 64, highlights a book by John Turner on international perspectives of individual accounts. In clear and concise language, Turner, a senior policy advisor at the AARP Public Policy Institute, explores the first-hand experience of other countries that have implemented, either partially or in full, aspects of social security reform that have been proposed for the U.S. system.

Description: Summary of the annual cost-of-living adjustment and changes in other wage-indexed programs parameters for Social Security in 2024.