Description: The Social Security retirement test based upon earnings.

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

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

Description: This article summarizes the Social Security changes that were signed into law P.L. 93-233 on Dec. 31, 1973. These changes were principally intended to advance the payment of part of the automatic benefit increase that would have been payable according to the provisions enacted in 1972.

Description: Article The 1979 Annual Report of the Trustees Of the U.S. Social Security Programs by Bartlett in The Actuary, June 1979, Volume 13, Number 6

Description: Discusses those Disability Insurance program changes, brought about by the Social Security Disability Amendments of 1980, which fall into two major categories: benefit amounts and program administration.

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: Discusses and critiques the book Social Security: Perspectives for Reform.

Description: Continues actuarial discussion on the book Social Security: Perspectives for Reform.

Description: A discussion of the future of the Social Security system, including a summary of the report from the Social Security Administration Advisory Council issued in January 1997. The document also sets forth some philosophical issues pertaining to Social Security purposes and its funding.