Social security perspectives, essays.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Witte, Edwin E. (Edwin Emil), 1887-1960
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Madison, University of Wisconsin Press, 1962.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. General considerations of social security. Social security: a wild dream or a practical plan?
  • Postwar social security
  • Social security: 1948
  • The "bug-a-boo" of the welfare state
  • Social security: 1951
  • A world view of social security
  • The changing role of labor, management and government in the quest for security
  • Social welfare legislation of the 1930s
  • Security and economic change
  • The objectives of social security
  • Part 2. Old age. Old-age security in the social security act
  • Is the continued drive for universal pensions a social menance?
  • Remarks at the American economic association
  • Social security act amendments of 1950
  • Contributory versus noncontributory industrial pension plans
  • What is needed for economic security in old age?
  • The old-age problem in 1953
  • Old-age security: the national picture in 1954
  • Costs and benefits in OASI
  • Is the social security fund solvent?
  • Part 3. Issues in unemployment. Unemployment insurance
  • Job insurance: its limitations and value
  • Major issues in unemployment compensation
  • The federal government's role in unemployment insurance in 1938
  • Whither unemployment compensations?
  • Experience rating and other forms of incentive taxation to promote employment
  • Federalization of unemployment compensation?
  • How economic progress is related to employment security
  • Part 4. Issues in health. The theory of workman's compensation
  • Compulsory health insurance
  • Health security: needs, progress and prospects
  • Programs for postwar social security and medical care
  • Basic considerations in medical care and health insurance
  • Trends in payment for medical care
  • The future of social security in the health field
  • Bibliography of the writings of Edwin E. Witte on social security.