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: Article from The Actuary February 1993 Volume27, No. 2 highlights debate over Social Security stability.

Description: Surveys show that young people do not have confidence that Social Security will exist when they retire - a view that is supported by some official projections. Author points out some ways the funding shortfalls can be corrected to secure Social Security's future.

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

Description: The author proposes an adjustment to the automatic benefit increase formula to reflect discrepancies between the CPI and wage inflation.

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.