Personal Saving, Personal Choice

by David Wise

Overview

The changing face of savers with interest in and knowledge of financial markets.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780817997120
Publisher:	Hoover Institution Press
Publication date:	12/01/1999
Series:	Publication Series
Pages:	102
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

David A. Wise is the Peter and Helen Bing Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and the John F. Stambaugh Professor of Political Economy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, where he has taught since 1973. He is also a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, where he is the area director for the Economics of Aging and the Health Economics Programs.

Table of Contents

	Foreword	vii
	Contributors	ix
Chapter 1	Introduction	1
Chapter 2	Personal Retirement Accounts and Personal Choice	11
Chapter 3	Personal Choices and Social Choices regarding Social Security	43
Chapter 4	Little Saving and Too Much Medical Insurance: Medical Saving Accounts Could Help	73
	Index	97