Agrarian Justice
164円 Paine advocates the use of taxation to fund a universal old-age and disability pension, as well as a fixed sum to be paid to all citizens on reaching maturity.
Absent Citizens
4,110円 Disability exists in the shadows of public awareness and at the periphery of policy making. People with disabilities are, in many respects, missing from the theories and practices of social rights, political participation, employment, and civic membership. Absent Citizens brings to light these ch...
Unretirement
1,911円 The budget battles of recent years have amplified the warnings of demographic doomsayers who predicted that a wave of baby boomers would bleed America dry, bankrupting Social Security and Medicare as they faded into an impoverished old age. On the contrary, argues award-winning journalist Chris F...
Social Assistance and Conditional Cash Tr...
794円 The regional workshop, held on 23-24 July 2009 at the Asian Development Bank (ADB), brought together people from ADB, its developing member countries, partner development agencies, research institutes, and civil society organizations to share their views and experience on social protection and it...
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists (Ann...
496円 The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists is a book by Robert Tressell first published in 1914 after his death in 1911. An explicitly political work, it is widely regarded as a classic of working-class literature. It placed seventy second in the 2003 The Big Read survey conducted by the BBC. The novel...
Expand Social Security Now!
1,990円 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 It’s outdated.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 history. ...
Conflict and Development
12,103円 In the five years since the first edition of Conflict and Development was published the awareness of the relationship between conflicts and development has grown exponentially. Developmental factors can act as a trigger for violence, as well as for ending violence and for triggering post-conflict...
A New Deal for Old Age
5,573円 As America’s haves and have-nots drift further apart, rising inequality has undermined one of the nation’s proudest social achievements: the Social Security retirement system. Unprecedented changes in longevity, marriage, and the workplace have made the experience of old age increasingly unequal....
The Predictable Surprise
3,663円 Social Security is in jeopardy, private pension systems have fallen apart, and workers are trying to save on their own for retirement with the stock market in the worst shape since the Great Depression. In The Predictable Surprise, Sylvester J. Schieber shows that forewarnings of the coming retir...
The Great Risk Shift
1,408円 America's leaders say the economy is strong and getting stronger. But the safety net that once protected us is fast unraveling. With retirement plans in growing jeopardy while health coverage erodes, more and more economic risk is shifting from government and business onto the fragile shoulders o...
Where Does the Money Go?
1,892円 “A book that manages to be entertaining and irreverent while serving as an informative primer on a subject that is crucial to the future of all Americans.” ーNew York Times Before you vote in a national election, you should ask yourself: Where Does the Money Go? The acclaimed and essential work b...
2010: Take Back America
2,690円 As battle lines are drawn for the next midterm elections, Dick Morris and Eileen McGannーauthors of the smash #1 New York Times bestseller Catastrophe, as well as bestsellers Fleeced and Outrageーare back with 2010: Take Back America. Fans of Morris’s multiple FOX News appearances will find many ...
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