Social insurance:America's neglected heritage and contested future/ Theodore R. Marmor, Jerry L. Mashaw, John Pakutka.
Physical description:
xxi, 299 pages illustrations 23 cm.;
Bibliographic notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-266) and index.;
Author(s): MARMOR, Theodore R.;
Mashaw, Jerry L.;
Pakutka, John.;
ISBN:
9781452240008 (pbk.;
Subjects: Social security --United States.;
Formatted contents notes:
pt. 1. American social insurance -- Economic risks and social insurance realities -- Assessment of the six threats to family income -- Philosophies, policies, and public budgets -- The historical development of American social insurance and its associated programs -- pt. 2. Threats and protections -- The threat of birth into a poor family -- The threat of early death of a family breadwinner -- The threat of ill health -- The threat of involuntary unemployment -- The threat of disability -- The threat of outliving one's savings -- pt. 3. Thinking about the design of income security programs and their reform -- Accomplishments and limitations -- Social insurance, markets, and "modernization.";
Call number: 361.973 MAR;
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