True security : rethinking American social insurance / Michael J. Graetz, Jerry L. Mashaw.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-357) and index.

Prologue: Of Fables, Fears, and Fundamentals -- Understanding Social Insurance -- The Foundations of Social Insurance -- The Social Insurance Contract -- Providing Social Insurance -- Pathologies of American Social Insurance -- Insuring a Working Life -- Insuring the Post-Work Years -- Social Insurance Prior to Work -- The Special Case of Medical Insurance -- From Problems to Proposals -- The New Social Insurance Contract -- Social Insurance and Health Care -- Unemployment Insurance -- The Risk of Work Disability -- Families with Children -- Retirement Security -- Institutions and Politics -- Institutional Commitments -- The Politics of Institutional Design.

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