A sea change has occurred in the policy debate over old-age social security systems in the
United States and throughout the world. For most of the twentieth century traditional public …

The risk of being poor or near-poor in old age is growing for the first time in two generations
because the American pension system has failed. The American system evolved into a …

One of the more modest programs of the 1935 Social Security Act was to provide pensions
for the elderly, a function generally neglected by the private sector. To what was originally …

The advent of industrialization in Europe and the United States during the latter part of the
19th century brought with it mass migrations to urban centers and the decline of the family as …

Global aging will impose greater economic demands on the young and may entail dramatic
consumption shortfalls for the old. Against this gloomy backdrop, many analysts hail the …

The impetus for Social Security reform in the United States has been gathering momentum
over the past several years, fueled primarily by the projected long-term actuarial imbalance …

The aging of America's population makes it imperative that we reform Social Security, but so
far we have failed. To instruct this seemingly endless quest, International Perspectives on …

The US Social Security System was conceived as a means to ensure a minimum standard of
living for the elderly, and it has done so. Poverty rates among the old have dropped, and …

Social Security is arguably the most successful federal program in US history. The program
has substantially reduced senior poverty, enabled millions of older Americans to live …

Is the historical development of the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI)
program unique or similar to the development of social security programs in other …