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U.S. social security : a reference handbook / Steven G. Livingston.
Lippincott Library HD7125 .L58 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Livingston, Steven Greene.
- Series:
- Contemporary world issues
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social security--United States.
- Social security.
- United States.
- Social security--United States--History.
- History.
- Social security--Cross-cultural studies.
- Genre:
- Cross-cultural studies.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 275 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Other Title:
- United States social security : a reference handbook
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, [2008]
- Contents:
- 1 Background and History 1
- The Origins and Development of Social Security 1
- Social Security Act of 1935 8
- The Expansion of Social Security: From 1935 to the Present 12
- The U.S. Social Security Program Today 25
- 2 Problems, Controversies, and Solutions 31
- The Social Security Trust Fund 32
- Why Will the Trust Fund Shrink? 34
- Saving Social Security: The Options 38
- Prefunding Social Security 39
- Restoring Social Security to Pay-as-You-Go Principles 43
- Privatizing Social Security 54
- Leaving It Alone 70
- 3 Worldwide Perspectives 75
- Canada: Moderate Reforms with Big Results? 76
- Germany: Clamping Down on Benefits? 82
- Australia: Putting Means Testing to Work? 87
- Sweden: Fully Funding without Privatizing? 92
- The United Kingdom: Voluntary Carve-Outs? 99
- Chile: Privatization? 105
- Too Many Alternatives? 111
- U.S. Chronology 115
- World Chronology 121
- Arthur Altmeyer 133
- Robert Ball 134
- William Beveridge 135
- Carl Bildt 135
- George W. Bush 136
- Benjamin Cardozo 137
- William J. Clinton 138
- Wilbur Cohen 138
- Nelson Cruikshank 139
- Marion Folsom 140
- Milton Friedman 141
- Alan Greenspan 141
- Paul Keating 142
- Huey Long 143
- Paul Martin, Jr. 144
- Wilbur Mills 145
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan 146
- Robert J. Myers 146
- Frances Perkins 147
- James Jerrell Pickle 148
- Jose Pinera 149
- Augusto Pinochet 149
- Walter Riester 150
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt 151
- Isaac Rubinow 152
- David Stockman 152
- Margaret Thatcher 153
- Francis Townsend 154
- Harry S Truman 155
- Adrian Turner 156
- Arthur Vandenberg 157
- Robert Wagner 157
- John Winant 158
- Edwin Witte 159
- 6 Data and Documents 161
- The Social Security Act 161
- The Preamble to the Social Security Act of 1935 162
- The Supreme Court Opinion: Helvering v. Davis 162
- Principal Presidential Speeches and Messages 167
- Franklin Roosevelt: Message to Congress Reviewing the Broad Objectives and Accomplishments of the Administration, June 8, 1934 167
- Franklin Roosevelt: Message to Congress on Social Security, January 17, 1935 169
- Franklin Roosevelt: State of the Union Address, January 11, 1944 170
- Harry S Truman: State of the Union Address, January 14, 1946 171
- Dwight Eisenhower: State of the Union Address, February 2, 1953 172
- William Jefferson Clinton: State of the Union Address, January 19, 1999 173
- George Walker Bush: State of the Union Address, February 2, 2005 175
- Reform Commission and Advisory Council Reports 178
- Report of the National Commission on Social Security Reform (The Greenspan Commission). January 1983 178
- Report of the 1994-1996 Advisory Council on Social Security 183
- The 2001 President's Commission to Strengthen Social Security (The Moynihan Commission). December 21, 2001 186
- Social Security Annual Trustees Report 191
- A Summary of the 2007 Annual Trustees Report 192
- Status of the Social Security and Medicare Programs, (Social Security Section) 194
- 7 Directory of Organizations 197
- Institutions and Organizations of the U.S. Government 197
- Interest Groups and Lobbying Organizations 201
- Think Tanks 212
- Public Agencies 220
- U.S. Government: Federal Agencies 220
- U.S. Government: Congress 221
- International Organizations 223
- Media and Press Sites 224
- Internet Research Sites 225
- Books and Articles 225
- Current Issues 232
- Response to Detailed Reform Plans 242
- Foreign Social Security Systems 244.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-259) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781598841190
- 159884119X
- 9781598841206
- 1598841203
- OCLC:
- 180755657
- Online:
- Publisher description
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