0003 Altmeyer, Arthur J. The Formative Years of Social Security. Madison, WI, University of Wisconsin Press, 1968. 314 pp. The enactment and implementation of the Social Security Act in the formative years, 1934-1954, are described and evaluated. The focus is on circumstances surrounding the preparation and passage of the Act, the considerations entering into its early administration, and the ways in which events of those early years determined the major characteristics of the system today. Social security programs are traced through World War II and the postwar period and projections for the period after 1966 are offered. pro-gen. 0004 Armstrong, Barbara Nachtrieb. New York, NY, Macmillan, 1932. Funded by Social Science Research The history and legislative evolution of various living wage programs involving minimum wage and social insurance provisions are described. Topics relating experiences in many nations include: the American minumum wage movement between 1888 and 1923; family allowances and the minimum wage; wages and wage regulation prior to the 19th century; workmen's compensation programs; social health insurance; old-age and invalidity insurance; old-age pensions; survivors insurance; and unemployment insurance. pro-gen. social security program addressed to the total problem of income maintenance. It is argued that the goal of a progressive social security program should be to reduce the need for public assistance as much as possible, while at the same time enforcing it as a right. pro-gen. 0006 Ball, Robert M. Social Security: Today and Tomorrow. New York, NY, Columbia University Press, 1978. 528 pp. An overview of the social security program is given by a former SSA Commissioner. Topics addressed include: a definition of social security and an explanation of the social security program; the effects of new legislative provisions; coverage; benefits; the trust funds; income security after retirement; women and minorities under social security; social security and welfare; and social security and private pensions. Thirty-one propositions are suggested for improvement of the social security program. jnl-mod. 0007 Beveridge, Janet. Beveridge and His Plan. London, England, Hodder and Stoughton, 1954. 239 pp. The life of William Beveridge and his plan for the reconstruction of British social security are discussed, with attention to the origins and development of the Beveridge Report. pro-gen. 0005 Ball, Robert M. Social Insurance and the Right to Social Service Review, American Council on Education, Legal, moral, and earned rights are discussed as they apply to social insurance and public assistance, and public assistance is analyzed as part of a broader 0008 Beveridge, William. Social Insurance and Allied Services. The Beveridge Report on the reconstruc- The development of State and Federal grants-in-aid to provide fiscal relief and economic development and to adjust changed revenue systems to administrative organization is examined. Separate chapters address social security and related grants-in-aid, financing of social security and emergency relief, State and Federal unemployment relief, vocational education and rehabilitation, and the financing and administration of other Government programs. Ways in which grants-in-aid have been used to direct policy and administration of recipient governmental units are analyzed. pro-gen. relating to social security are included, covering such topics as shortand long-run problems in the social security system, social security in relation to retirement policy, employment and unemployment, social security financing, disability insurance, and the use of the family as a basis for providing equity in the social security benefit structure. pro-gen. 0012 Boskin, Michael J. Social Security: The Alternatives Before Us. In: Boskin, M., ed., The Crisis in Social Security: Problems and Prospects, pp. 173-186. San Francisco, CA, Institute for Contemporary Studies, 1977. 214 pp. Stanford University, Stanford, CA. The history and goals of the social security system are reviewed to show its effects on the general economy and to emphasize the problems of inequities, adverse incentives, and long-run de ficits. Proposals for reform focus on separation of the transfer and annuity goals of the program and the building of a trust fund to finance the insurance component while financing the transfers out of general revenues. aab-mod. 0013 Boskin, Michael J., ed. San Francisco, CA, Institute for Con- Stanford University, Stanford, CA. Major issues dealing with problems of financing the social security program are discussed by 13 contributors. Essays treat capital formation, general revenue financing, the payroll tax, private market failures, benefit levels, social security and the overall economy, inequities in the program, the politics of social security, and the long-term funding crisis. aab-mod. 0014 Boston Regional Forum on Social Security. Social Security in a World of Change: Summary Report. Boston, MA, SSA, Office of the Regional Commissioner, 1978. 125 pp. A summary of speeches and workshops of the Boston Regional Forum on Social Security, September 1978, is presented. Included is the keynote address and remarks on the adequacy of social security, DHEW reform initiatives, and the national outlook. Workshop summaries discuss issues in public service, Medicare, retirement and survivors insurance, supplemental security income, disability insurance, and social security financing. jnl-mod. 0015 Bowen, William G.; Harbison, Frederick H.; Lester, Richard A.; et al., eds. Princeton Symposium on the American System of Social Insurance: Its Philosophy, Impact, and Future Development. New York, NY, McGraw-Hill, 1968. 255 PP: Funded by Industrial Relations Section and Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton Univ. • Princeton University, Princeton, NJ. The philosophy, impact, and future of the American social insurance system are examined in eight papers presented at a Princeton University symposium in 1967. Topics discussed include federalism and social insurance; role of social insurance in social welfare; financing social insurance; past and future of old-age, survivors, and disability insurance; Medicare and the cost of health services; uses of unemployment insurance; impact of social insurance on development of private benefit plans; and American social security in a European perspective. pro-gen. 0016 Bremner, Robert H. From the Depths: The Discovery of America's awakening to poverty as a social problem is traced for the period 1830-1935. Topics include the growing availability and the nature of information concerning social conditions; changing public attitudes toward poverty; and the events which led to enactment of legislation on housing, child labor, women in industry, and occupational safety. The intent of the book is to illustrate how philanthropic move ments led to public awareness and understanding of the poverty problem in the United States. aab-mod. 0017 Brinker, Paul A. Economic Insecurity and Social Security. New York, NY, Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1968. 566 pp. • University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK. Social security benefits and programs are discussed in relation to the concept of economic insecurity. Topics include a historical perspective on social security; problems of aging, premature death and public assistance; economic problems due to occupational disability and poor health; unemployment and income insecurity; economic problems of blacks, American Indians, Hispanic-Americans, women and other groups; and solutions to the economic insecurity problems, which cover education, housing, and wage and hour legislation. pro-gen. 0018 Brown, J. Douglas. An American Philosophy of Social • Princeton University, The historical development of an American philosophy of social security is traced, focusing on old-age, survivors, and disability insurance (OASDI) and Medicare. Topics include the birth of social security in 1934-35; the role of advisory councils in implementing a philosophy of social security; OASDI coverage, functions and financing; issues related to worker and employer contributions; issues of financial support of social insurance by Government; the evolution of Medicare; and the essentials of an effective social security program. pro-gen. 0019 Brown, J. Douglas. In: McGill, D., ed., Social Security and (Ralph H. Blanchard Memorial Endowment Series, Vol. 1) Homewood, IL, Richard D. Irwin, 1977. 175 pp. 0024.1 Campbell, Colin D. Social Insurance in the United States: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH. Social security is discussed and contrasted extensively from insurance and tax-transfer points of view. It is contended that neither explanation is without drawbacks and that a more precise and acceptable rationale, one that might more accurately combine aspects of both explanations, is needed. pro-gen. 0025 Campbell, Rita Ricardo. Hoover Institution on War, Major problems and issues in the admin- 0027 Chicago Regional Forum on Social Security. Social Security in a World of Change: Chicago, IL, SSA, Office of the Regional Commissioner, 1978. 2 Vols. 143 pp. The summary report and appendix from the Chicago Regional Forum on Social Security, December 1977, are presented. Included are reviews of the legislative and future outlooks for social security. Workshop reports discuss problems and issues in disability benefits, the retirement test, supplemental security income, the claims process, confidentiality and personal privacy, individual equity and social adequacy, and public services. pro-gen. 0028 Cohen, Elias S. Presidential Messages on Aging: Historical Analysis and Projection. In: Osterbind, C., ed., Areawide Planning for Independent Living for Older People, pp. 94-107. (Center for Gerontological Studies and University of Pennsylvania, In a paper presented at the 22d Annual |