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The controversy over the US Social Security Surplus. A non conventional view

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This paper examines the US controversy over the Social Security ‘Trust Fund’ (SS-TF). It is shown that, according to neoclassical theory, the SS-TF has a substantial meaning as a safety belt in view of the alleged pending problems of, but, according to more Keynesian principles, it does not play this function. On the opposite, the establishment of a SS-TF will have deflationary effects on the economy

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  • Sergio Cesaratto, 2004. "The controversy over the US Social Security Surplus. A non conventional view," Department of Economics University of Siena 418, Department of Economics, University of Siena.
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    • E1 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General Aggregative Models
    • H55 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Social Security and Public Pensions

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