A funny, smart, and engaging book on Social Security? You bet! Let Bill and Betty Boomer, their parents Ed and Ethel Elderly, and the young married Steve and Sue Sprout take you through the thickets of this thorny issue. You will come to understand why people are so worried about Social Security, how it operates, how we can keep it going, the problems we would face under a privatized system, and why Americans have always chosen to shore up this important program. You will learn about the system and the current debates surrounding it--and find yourself enjoying it at the same time.
Barbara R. Bergmann is Professor Emerita, University of Maryland and The American University. Jim Bush is the editorial cartoonist for the Providence Journal.
- ISBN10 1282940236
- ISBN13 9781282940239
- Publish Date 1 January 2010 (first published 31 October 2000)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 17 February 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of Michigan Press
- Pages 108
- Language English