Description: It is expected that the Social Security Advisory Council’s report will be affected by anticipated changes in the CPI to be made by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Description: This article gives an overview of how countries all over the world are addressing the issue social security financing and its rapidly growing costs.

Description: Summaries of three Social Security Administration Actuarial Notes for June and July 1969 covering medical, disability and survivor benefits.

Description: Article that discusses the structure of and concern for using social security numbers as a means of identification.

Description: Summarizes the 1980 Social Security Trustees Report and Actuarial Study No. 82 on cost estimates. Also provides some analysis of these matters.

Description: Article from The Actuary, April 1986, Volume 20, No. 4 is an editorial on later retirement. There is indication that workers may eventually stay in the work force longer based on the 1983 amendments to the Social Security Act.

Description: The article summarizes a survey conducted by the Pension Section's Research Team. Nearly 2,400 actuaries responded with answers that ranged from abolishing the system to expanding the program to include all workers. The question, What changes, if any, should be made to the current system? is recapped.

Description: This article, excerpted with permission from the author’s presentation at Open Forum One in Quebec City, describes the Carter Administration’s financing proposals for the Social Security trust funds, released at the same time as the 1977 Trustees Reports. The Administration proposal in total is rather complex and defies a simple explanation but there are basically eight major provisions, which the author discusses in this article.

Description: The Social Security retirement test based upon earnings.

Description: Article from The Actuary October 1992 – Volume 26, No. 08 is a book review of Social Security: What Every Taxpayer Should Know