This volume represents the most important work to date on one of the pressing policy issues of the moment: the privatization of social security. Although social

A Documentary History tells the story of the creation and development of the U.S. Social Security program through primary source documents, from its antecendent

Chapters include: "Income distribution and welfare programs", "State and local government expenditures" and "Health economics and private health insurance".

Social Security expansion is back on the agenda, at a time when Americans need it more than ever—here’s what it should look like (and why it matters to ever