The battle for social security
Subtitle: from FDR's vision to Bush's gamble
By: Nancy Altman.
Publisher: John Wiley; J. Wiley
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Hoboken, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 362
ISBN-13: 9780471771722
Subjects: Social security -- United States -- History.
Table of contents: title: Social security's grandfather; title: Essential insurance, poor welfare; title: Bold woman, cautious men; title: A teeny-weeny bit of socialism; title: Dirty tricks; title: Ready, set, start again; title: Third time's the charm; title: All American program (minus a tiny splinter group); title: Visible gains, subterranean tremors; title: The sky is falling and social security is bust; title: Aging gracefully; title: A Leninist strategy; title: The drumbeat finds a drummer; title: The ideal, pain-free (for almost everyone) way to strengthen social security.