1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910784552503321

Autore

Blechman Barry M.

Titolo

The politics of national security : Congress and U.S. defense policy / / Barry M. Blechman ; with the assistance W. Philip Ellis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1990

©1990

ISBN

0-19-773386-7

9786610442584

1-4237-6481-1

0-19-536027-3

1-60129-896-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii,249p.)

Collana

A Twentieth Century Fund Book

Disciplina

355.033073

Soggetti

National security - United States

United States Military policy

United States Foreign relations 1981-1989

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Sommario/riassunto

Based on interviews with US Congress members and their staff, this study explains why Congress has taken an expanded role in the formulation of US national defence policies. The author describes how these changes came about and their consequences for American interests.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910809869303321

Autore

Casey Maura

Titolo

Social security : how can we afford it? / / Maura Casey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Ashland, Oregon] : , : National Issues Forums Institute, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-943028-06-0

Edizione

[Updated edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (16 p.)

Disciplina

368.4300973

Soggetti

Social security - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; About This Issue Guide; Introduction: Social Security: How Can We Afford It?; Unanticipated Retirees; Time to Deliberate; Option One: Shore Up and Reaffirm Social Security; Continue to Support the Generations to Come; Raise Income Caps, Raise Payroll Taxes; Time to Try a Lockbox; What We Could Do; Option Two: End Reliance on Social Security for Retirement; Unsustainable Growth; Required, Assisted Savings; What We Could Do; Option Three: Reinvent Retirement and Social Security; Working Longer; According to Need; Why Retire?; Elder Entrepreneurs, Lending Circles; What We Could Do

Summary: Social Security: How Can We Afford It?