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While annuities market failure is the classic economic rationale for Social Security, the true reason that most policy makers favor the program is paternalism; that is, they are concerned that people won’t save enough for their own retirement. And, in fact, most workers have very little savings other than Social Security (and private pensions) when they retire. In 1991, the median American aged 51–61 had $107,000 in Social Security Wealth, $16,000 in private pension wealth, and $3,000 in other personal retirement assets.17 This balance is slowly changing because more young workers are participating in personal retirement accounts like 401(k) plans (discussed in more detail in Chapter 22), but Social Security will nonetheless remain a crucial component of many retirees’ incomes.
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