Social insurance : America's neglected heritage and contested future / / Theodore R. Marmor, Jerry L. Mashaw, John Pakutka

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911008432703321
• Autore: Marmor Theodore R.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Thousand Oaks, California : , : SAGE/CQ Press, , [2014]
• ISBN: 9781483322742; 1483322742; 9781483311845; 1483311848; 9781544308647; 1544308647
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (299 pages) : illustrations
• Collana: Public affairs and policy administration series
• Disciplina: 368.4300973
• Soggetti: Social security - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-266) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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."
• Sommario/riassunto: What has America done to protect its citizens from life-changing but common risks such as death of a family breadwinner, ill health, disability, involuntary unemployment, outliving retirement savings, and birth into a poor family? Each, in its own way, burdens--and possibly devastates--unlucky individuals and families both emotionally and financially. It is the rare life that is untouched by one or more of these six threats. How do our current policies affect taxation, spending, and ; the economy, as well as prospects for individual lives? What more might these policies do to protect Americans? Rich in stories, data, and analysis, Social Insurance provides a strong intellectual foundation for understanding the history, economics, politics, and philosophy of America's most important social insurance programs. This insightful work provides a ...