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# Fall 1983 

Vol. 3 No. 2 

Social Security: Continuing Crisis or Real Reform?

##### Articles 

#### [Introduction: Social Security: Continuing Crisis or Real Reform? ](/cato-journal/fall-1983/introduction-social-security-continuing-crisis-or-real-reform)

By [James A. Dorn](https://www.cato.org/people/james-dorn) 

#### [Social Security Survival: A Public-Choice Perspective ](/cato-journal/fall-1983/social-security-survival-public-choice-perspective)

By [James M. Buchanan](https://www.cato.org/people/james-buchanan) 

#### [Comment on Social Security Survival: A Public-Choice Perspective ](/cato-journal/fall-1983/comment-social-security-survival-public-choice-perspective)

By Mancur Olson 

#### [The Economics and Politics of the Emergence of Social Security: Some Implications for Reform ](/cato-journal/fall-1983/economics-politics-emergence-social-security-some-implications-reform)

By Carolyn L. Weaver 

#### [Comments on The Economics and Politics of the Emergence of Social Security: Some Implications for Reform ](/cato-journal/fall-1983/comments-economics-politics-emergence-social-security-some-implications)

By Edgar K. Browning and Edward J. Harpham 

#### [Social Security: Myths and Realities ](/cato-journal/fall-1983/social-security-myths-realities)

By Paul Craig Roberts 

#### [The National Commission’s Failure to Achieve Real Reform ](/cato-journal/fall-1983/national-commissions-failure-achieve-real-reform)

By A. Haeworth Robertson 

#### [Individual Gains and Losses from Social Security before and after the 1983 Amendments ](/cato-journal/fall-1983/individual-gains-losses-social-security-after-1983-amendments)

By Anthony Pellechio and Gordon Goodfellow 

#### [A Constitutionalist Approach to Social Security Reform ](/cato-journal/fall-1983/constitutionalist-approach-social-security-reform)

By Thomas J. DiLorenzo 

#### [Comment on A Constitutionalist Approach to Social Security Reform ](/cato-journal/fall-1983/comment-constitutionalist-approach-social-security-reform)

By Rudolph G. Penner 

#### [Social Security: The Absence of Lasting Reform ](/cato-journal/fall-1983/social-security-absence-lasting-reform)

By Richard B. McKenzie 

#### [Comments on Social Security: The Absence of Lasting Reform ](/cato-journal/fall-1983/comments-social-security-absence-lasting-reform)

By Joseph A. Pechman and Colin D. Campbell 

#### [Criteria for Reforming Social Security ](/cato-journal/fall-1983/criteria-reforming-social-security)

By David Ranson 

#### [Comment on Criteria for Reforming Social Security ](/cato-journal/fall-1983/comment-criteria-reforming-social-security)

By A. Haeworth Robertson 

#### [Misdirection of Labor and Capital under Social Security ](/cato-journal/fall-1983/misdirection-labor-capital-under-social-security)

By Roger W. Garrison 

#### [Comment on Misdirection of Labor and Capital under Social Security ](/cato-journal/fall-1983/comment-misdirection-labor-capital-under-social-security)

By Gary T. Burtless 

#### [Supply-Side Effects of Social Insurance ](/cato-journal/fall-1983/supply-side-effects-social-insurance)

By Norman B. Ture 

#### [Achieving Social Security Reform: A “Leninist” Strategy ](/cato-journal/fall-1983/achieving-social-security-reform-leninist-strategy)

By Stuart Butler and Peter Germanis 

#### [Comment on Achieving Social Security Reform: A “Leninist” Strategy ](/cato-journal/fall-1983/comment-achieving-social-security-reform-leninist-strategy)

#### [Private Alternatives to Social Security: The Experience of Other Countries ](/cato-journal/fall-1983/private-alternatives-social-security-experience-other-countries)

By John C. Goodman 

#### [Comment on Private Alternatives to Social Security: The Experience of Other Countries ](/cato-journal/fall-1983/comment-private-alternatives-social-security-experience-other-countries)

#### [Funded Social Security: Collective and Private Options ](/cato-journal/fall-1983/funded-social-security-collective-private-options)

By Richard E. Wagner 

#### [Beyond Efficiency: A Comment ](/cato-journal/fall-1983/comment-funded-social-security-collective-private-options)

By [Roger Pilon](https://www.cato.org/people/roger-pilon) 

#### [The Prospect of Real Reform ](/cato-journal/fall-1983/prospect-real-reform)

By [Peter J. Ferrara](https://www.cato.org/people/peter-ferrara) 

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