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Charles Blahous explains the origins and dangers of current under funding in the US’s single-employer defined-benefit pension system and outlines the options for solving the problem and preventing the next taxpayer-financed bailout. He provides a tutorial on the basic workings of pension law, reviews the recent history that led to the worsening condition of the pension insurance system, and suggests a range of reforms.

Table of Contents
  • List of Figures and Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • The Nature of Single-Employer Defined-Benefit Pensions
  • The Nation’s Pension Insurance System: The Condition of the PBGC
  • The Magnitude of Pension Underfunding Nationwide
  • Technical Reasons for Pension Underfunding
  • Pension Plan Assets
  • Pension Plan Liabilities
  • Addressing Underfunding: Statutory Contribution Requirements
  • Other Funding Safeguards Established by the PPA
  • Premiums
  • Recent Developments: Legislation and the Financial Markets’ Plunge
  • Additional Reasons for Underfunding: Structural Issues Facing the PBGC
  • Political Economy Factors
  • Pension Funding Policy Principles: Separating Measurement Accuracy from Value Judgments
  • Can the Hole be Filled? Separating Fairness from Risk Issues
  • Going Forward: General Principles for Pension Insurance System Reform
  • Conclusions and Recommendations
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • About the Author
  • Index

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    Publisher: Hoover Institution Press,U.S.
    Publication Date: 30/11/2010
    ISBN13: 9780817912147, 978-0817912147
    ISBN10: 0817912142
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    Retirement Social services and welfare, criminology

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Charles Blahous explains the origins and dangers of current under funding in the US’s single-employer defined-benefit pension system and outlines the options for solving the problem and preventing the next taxpayer-financed bailout. He provides a tutorial on the basic workings of pension law, reviews the recent history that led to the worsening condition of the pension insurance system, and suggests a range of reforms.

    Table of Contents
    • List of Figures and Tables
    • Acknowledgments
    • Abstract
    • Introduction
    • The Nature of Single-Employer Defined-Benefit Pensions
    • The Nation’s Pension Insurance System: The Condition of the PBGC
    • The Magnitude of Pension Underfunding Nationwide
    • Technical Reasons for Pension Underfunding
    • Pension Plan Assets
    • Pension Plan Liabilities
    • Addressing Underfunding: Statutory Contribution Requirements
    • Other Funding Safeguards Established by the PPA
    • Premiums
    • Recent Developments: Legislation and the Financial Markets’ Plunge
    • Additional Reasons for Underfunding: Structural Issues Facing the PBGC
    • Political Economy Factors
    • Pension Funding Policy Principles: Separating Measurement Accuracy from Value Judgments
    • Can the Hole be Filled? Separating Fairness from Risk Issues
    • Going Forward: General Principles for Pension Insurance System Reform
    • Conclusions and Recommendations
    • Notes
    • Bibliography
    • About the Author
    • Index

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