Fixing Social Security: The Politics of Reform in a Polarized Age By R. Douglas Arnold, Princeton University Press, 2022. 312 pp. $32.00 (hardcover), $22.95 (softcover)

Joseph White

Public Budgeting & Finance, 2025, vol. 45, issue 3, 129-139

Abstract: In this book R. Douglas Arnold presents a masterful analysis of the challenge of altering Social Security law to avoid funding shortfalls that would require large benefit reductions. He bases his argument both on careful assessment of policy options, and his own understanding as one of the leading scholars of congressional decision‐making. Developments since publication reinforce his core argument, yet include new threats to the program's administrative integrity. Fixing Social Security offers students, scholars, and practitioners a balanced and accessible framework for understanding one of the most consequential and politically charged elements of U.S. fiscal policy.

Date: 2025
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