A Summary and Critique of Kotlikoff, Moeller and Solman's Get What's Yours: The Secrets to Maxing Out Your Social Security

This is not the actual Kotlikoff, Moeller and Solman’s Get What's Yours: The Secrets to Maxing Out Your Social Security. The primary objective of this book is to bring insightful discussion and critique of Kotlikoff, Moeller and Solman’s Get What's Yours: The Secrets to Maxing Out Your Social Security to readers everywhere. This book, A Summary and Critique of Kotlikoff, Moeller and Solman’s Get What's Yours: The Secrets to Maxing Out Your Social Security, includes an unofficial summary and analysis of the key ideas of Kotlikoff, Moeller and Solman’s book, Get What's Yours: The Secrets to Maxing Out Your Social Security, as well as a critique of its principal messages . Moreover, this book goes beyond the information included in Kotlikoff, Moeller and Solman’s book and reviews other selected studies and data related to the present and future of Social Security benefits.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface

Introduction

Part I. Summary and Analysis of the Key Ideas in Get
What's Yours

1. The Past and Present of the Social Security Program

Analysis and Comments on the Past and Present of the Social Security Program

2. The Best Strategies for Collecting Social Security Benefits

Analysis and Comments on the Best Strategies

3. Spousal Benefits, Divorced Spousal Benefits, Widower Benefits

Analysis and Comments on Spousal and Survivor Benefits

4. Disability Benefits

Analysis and Comments on Disability Benefits

5. Gay Married Couples Benefits

Analysis and Comments on Gay Marriage Benefits

6. The Earnings Test and Its Impact on Benefits

Analysis and Comments on the Earnings Test and Its Impact on Benefits

7. Social Security “Gotchas”

Analysis and Comments on the Social Security “Gotchas”

Part II. A Critique of the Principal Messages in Get What's Yours

1. The Future of the Social Security Program

2. Social Security and Economic Inequality

3. Social Security Benefits and Real Inflation

4. The Real Value of Kotlikoff’s Book

References