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Author Ball, Robert M. (Robert Myers), 1914-2008.

Title Insuring the essentials : Bob Ball on Social Security : a selection of articles and essays from 1942 through 2000 / by Robert M. Ball ; edited by Thomas N. Bethell
Published New York : Century Foundation Press, 2000

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Description xviii, 324 pages ; 23 cm
Contents Foreword / Richard C. Leone -- 1. The Nine Guiding Principles of Social Security -- 2. The Evolution of Social Security -- 3. Social Insurance and the Right to Assistance -- 4. Social Security in the Decades Ahead: The Case for the Traditional Program -- 5. Making Policy: A Job for All of Us -- 6. More than a Law: the Job of the Administrator in Delivering a Service -- 7. The Social Security Administration's Objectives -- 8. Field Office Interviews: Notes for Guidance -- 9. A Good Place to Do Good Work -- 10. Running Social Security: Leadership Challenges -- 11. The Law of Reciprocal Obligation -- 12. One Willing Taxpayer -- 13. Some Reflections of Our System of Social Insurance -- 14. Majority Recommendations of the Greenspan Commission -- 15. A System for Mutual Support -- 16. Adapting to Change -- 17. Contribution Rates and Funding Sources -- 18. Supporting Social Security from General Revenues -- 19. A Public-Private Investment Strategy -- 20. The Myth of Means Testing
21. Getting the Facts Straight -- 22. A Program for the Future
Notes Includes index
A Century Foundation Book
Subject Ball, R. M. (Robert M.)
Social security -- United States.
Author Bethell, Thomas N.
LC no. 00011377
ISBN 0870784579 paperback acid-free paper