Social insurance America's neglected heritage and contested future - Marmor, Theodore R.; Mashaw, Jerry L.; Pakutka, John. (Thousand Oaks, California SAGE/CQ Press, 2014)
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."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-266) and index.
Keywords: Social security -- United States