LEADER 03362nam 22006011 450 001 9911008432703321 005 20240123210013.0 010 $a9781483322742 010 $a1483322742 010 $a9781483311845 010 $a1483311848 010 $a9781544308647 010 $a1544308647 035 $a(CKB)4330000000042165 035 $a(OCoLC)1023801037 035 $a(CaToSAGE)SAGE000003044 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5165244 035 $a(PPN)234834250 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1994709 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1994709 035 $a(OCoLC)958506241 035 $a(EXLCZ)994330000000042165 100 $a20180104d2014 fy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 181 $csti$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aSocial insurance $eAmerica's neglected heritage and contested future /$fTheodore R. Marmor, Jerry L. Mashaw, John Pakutka 210 1$aThousand Oaks, California :$cSAGE/CQ Press,$d[2014] 215 $a1 online resource (299 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aPublic affairs and policy administration series 300 $aIncludes index. 311 08$a9781452240008 311 08$a1452240000 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 242-266) and index. 327 $apt. 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." 330 $aWhat has America done to protect its citizens from life-changing but common risks such as death of a family breadwinner, ill health, disability, involuntary unemployment, outliving retirement savings, and birth into a poor family? Each, in its own way, burdens--and possibly devastates--unlucky individuals and families both emotionally and financially. It is the rare life that is untouched by one or more of these six threats. How do our current policies affect taxation, spending, and the economy, as well as prospects for individual lives? What more might these policies do to protect Americans? Rich in stories, data, and analysis, Social Insurance provides a strong intellectual foundation for understanding the history, economics, politics, and philosophy of America's most important social insurance programs. This insightful work provides a ... 410 0$aPublic affairs and policy administration series. 606 $aSocial security$zUnited States 615 0$aSocial security 676 $a368.4300973 700 $aMarmor$b Theodore R.$0320979 702 $aMashaw$b Jerry L. 702 $aPakutka$b John 801 0$bCaToSAGE 801 1$bCaToSAGE 801 2$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911008432703321 996 $aSocial insurance$94395386 997 $aUNINA