Figure 2.1 GNP Growth: Selected Periods
Figure 2.2 Real GDP per Worker
Figure 2.3 Rate of Real Annual Family Income by Quintile
Figure 2.4 Percent of Assets from Specified Sources for the Near-Elderly (Ages 51 61) by Income Decile
Figure 3.1 Annual Consumption for the Elderly and Young
Figure 3.2 Baby Bust, Baby Boom, Baby Bust
Figure 3.3 Social Security Beneficiaries per Worker Grow
Figure 4.1 Deficits—Past, Present, and Future
Figure 4.2 Government Employment as a Percentage of Total Employment in U.S. Economy
Figure 4.3 Government Domestic Spending, 1902 1994
Figure 4.4 Government Revenue as a Percentage of GDP, 1902 1994
Figure 4.5 Lifetime Social Security Benefits and Taxes (For High-Income Couples under Current Law)
Figure 4.6 Change in the Composition of the Federal Budget, 1950-2002
Figure 4.7 Current Path of Mandatory and Discretionary Spending
Figure 4.8 Long-Term Federal Expenditures and Receipts as Percentage of GDP
Figure 4.9 Lifetime Social Security and Medicare Benefits for an Average-Wage One-Earner Couple (1998 Dollars)
Figure 5.1 Communication Technology in American Society
Figure 5.2 Public Opinion Polls in the New York Times
Figure 5.3 Trends in Political Alienation Indicators
Figure 5.4 Confidence in Selected Institutions: Percent Responding They Have a Great Deal of Confidence in These Institutions
Figure A.1 Federal Public Assistance Spending as Percentage of GDP