Social Security category: 3077 books
Social Security / Medicare Handbook for Federal Employees and Retirees
All-New 4th Edition
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2013
Until now, there has never been a comprehensive, easy-to-understand handbook for federal employees and retirees that fully explains not only Social Security and Medicare but also how they dovetail (and, in some cases, conflict) with the federal government's retirement and health insurance programs.
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by Ant Hive Media
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2016
Revised March 2016, this is is a summary and analysis of the book, Get What's Yours: The Secrets to Maximizing Out Your Social Security by Laurence Kotlikoff, Phillip Moeller and Paul Solman.Social Security has always been a hot topic in the United States. Every year the US government...
by Ant Hive Media
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2015
Revised March 2016, this is is a summary and analysis of the book, Get What's Yours: The Secrets to Maximizing Out Your Social Security by Laurence Kotlikoff, Phillip Moeller and Paul Solman.
Social Security has always been a hot topic in the United States. Every year the US government doles...
Expand Social Security Now!
How to Ensure Americans Get the Retirement They Deserve
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2016
Why Social Security is not only sustainable but should be substantially expanded
Social Security is bankrupting us. It’s outdated. It’s a Ponzi scheme. It’s stealing from young people. These are some of the biggest myths and lies about one of the most successful programs in our nation’s...
Social Insurance and Social Justice
Social Security, Medicare and the Campaign Against Entitlements
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2009
"[W]e must tell the story of how social insurance programs have assured basic economic and health security for millions of AmericansÖ.This book is a must-read for anyone who cares about these goals."
-From the Foreword by Barbara Kennelly
President and CEO,
National Committee to Preserve...
The People's Pension
The Struggle to Defend Social Security Since Reagan
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2012
“Laursen has given us a comprehensive account of the three decade long war against Social Security. . . . This is a fascinating history that progressives must learn, not only to protect Social Security but also to understand the dynamics behind an effective long-term strategy.”—Dean Baker, author...
by Spicker, Paul
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2017
In this thought-provoking book, Paul Spicker challenges readers to rethink social security benefits in Britain. Putting a case for reform of the system, Spicker argues that most of the criticisms made of social security benefits – that spending is out of control, that it has led to mushrooming dependency,...
by Eric J. Guignard
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2011
Policy Analysis of Social Security Reform, an Issue of National ImportanceAbstract: This research article discusses the importance of Social Security reform and how the program impacts the United States. From a historic review to a future prediction, the Social Security program has benefited...
Social Security 101
From Medicare to Spousal Benefits, an Essential Primer on Government Retirement Aid
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
A crash course in retirement benefits!
Too often, writing about social security turns the noteworthy details of the benefits into boring details about regulations or biased political arguments that would put even a die-hard bureaucrat to sleep. Social Security 101 cuts out the tedious explanations...
The Segregated Origins of Social Security
African Americans and the Welfare State
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2006
The relationship between welfare and racial inequality has long been understood as a fight between liberal and conservative forces. In The Segregated Origins of Social Security, Mary Poole challenges that basic assumption. Meticulously reconstructing the behind-the-scenes politicking that gave birth...
by Fred Yager, Jan Yager PhD
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2015
Along with Medicare, Social Security is one of the "rites of passage" as older Americans retire. After contributing funds to this program their entire working life, people are anxious to start getting their monthly checks. Following a brief look at why Social Security was established and...
by David Koitz
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
This book looks at both the Republican and the Democratic Party plans for Social Security, showing how each confronts significant ideological and political hurdles. David Koitz cuts through the partisan rhetoric that has made social Security one of the most debated programs on the U.S. political scene...
Human Security
Concepts and implications
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2007
This book, now available in paperback, traces the key evolutions in the development of the concept of human security, the various definitions and critiques, how it relates to other concepts, and what it implies for polities, politics, and policy.
Human security is an important subject for...
Constructing a Security Community in Southeast Asia
ASEAN and the Problem of Regional Order
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2014
In this third edition of Constructing a Security Community in Southeast Asia, Amitav Acharya offers a comprehensive and critical account of the evolution of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) norms and the viability of the ASEAN way of conflict management. Building on the framework...