TY - BOOK AU - Brinker, Paul A. TI - Economic insecurity and social security. AV - HD7125.B66 PY - 1968/// CY - New York PB - Appleton-century-Crofts KW - Economic insecurity N1 - Includes index; Contents: Historical perspectives, aging, and public assistance -- Historical perspectives -- Aging in our society -- Old-age insurance: history, administration, coverage, and eligibility -- Old-age insurance: benefits and taxation -- Assistance programs under the social security act -- Private methods of protection against old age and death -- Problems of disability and health -- The Problem of occupational disability -- Workmen's compensation -- Health problems in the United States -- Proposed solutions to health problems -- Proposed solutions to health problems (continued) -- The Problem of unemployment -- Unemployment: measurement and causes -- Solutions to the unemployment problem -- Unemployment insurance: history, coverage, eligibility, and administration -- Unemployment insurance: benefits and taxation -- Private methods of alleviating unemployment -- Problems of low income and special groups -- Low-wage industries: the case of agriculture -- Minority groups: negros in the United States -- Minority groups (continued): Spanish-Americans and American Indians in the United States -- Women and children -- Security programs for special groups -- Solutions to insecurity -- Improved education and housing -- Wage and hour legislation -- Conclusion ER -