Books in the Alvin Hansen Symposium on Public Policy at Harvard University series

Two top economists outline distinctive approaches to post-crisis financial reform.

The two papers that make up the core of this book address a fundamental question in the current debate over Social Security, whether to shift, in part or entirely, from today's pay-as-you-go system to one in which individuals retain control over the investment of their funds and therefore personally bear the associated risk. John Shoven argues yes, Henry Aaron no.