Summary

Definitions can matter, and Don Fullerton and Michael Geruso argue that proponents of social security privatization mean a host of different things by "privatization." They point out that many of the gains from privatization seen by economists like Martin Feldstein and Laurence Kotlikoff owe to only a few aspects of privatization.

Recommended Citation

Fullerton, Don and Geruso, Michael (2006) "The Many Definitions of Social Security Privatization," The Economists' Voice: Vol. 3 : Iss. 4, Article 3.
DOI: 10.2202/1553-3832.1150
Available at: http://www.bepress.com/ev/vol3/iss4/art3