There When You Need It
by Senior Fellow Henry J Aaron, Cox, and President Robert D Reischauer
Measure For Measure (Aperio Series: Loyola Humane Texts) (The Pelican Shakespeare)
by William Shakespeare
A timeless tale from the immortal Bard--revised and repackaged!
Pension Puzzles (American Sociological Association's Rose Series in Sociology)
by Melissa Hardy and Lawrence Hazelrigg
China's Reforms At 30: Challenges And Prospects (Series on Contemporary China, #15)
This book consists of papers presented at the International Conference on "China: The Next Decade", organized by the East Asian Institute at the National University of Singapore in 2007 to commemorate the Institute's 10th anniversary. With eight papers covering China's economic, social and political development, this volume offers a balanced yet in-depth assessment of the challenges facing China in the next decade.Featuring contributions from internationally renowned scholars, this timely volume...
Screen-obsessed: Parenting In The Digital Age
by Wonsun Shin and May O Lwin
Screen-obsessed: Parenting in the Digital Age is the first book solely focusing on parental supervision of children's media use. This book distills important information regarding how parents can effectively guide their offspring living in the multimedia environment. This book discusses an extensive range of theories, issues, and subjects of parental mediation. Readers will discover how parental mediation works, new and traditional theoretical facets, and how this knowledge can be applied in var...
Chains of Production, Ladders of Protection
It is generally accepted that only one in five of the world's population has adequate social security coverage. Those without coverage tend to work in the informal economy. The debates around social provision have argued that either the private sector should be the main provider, or the government, or individuals themselves. This book frames the debate, instead, by asking how to develop social protection in ways that can harness the contribution of all potential stakeholders and thus increase su...
Declining Work and Welfare of People with Disabilities
by Professor Richard Burkhauser and Mary Daly
The U.S. disability insurance system is an important part of the federal social safety net; it provides financial protection to working-age Americans who have illnesses, injuries, or conditions that render them unable to work as they did before becoming disabled or that prevent them from adjusting to other work. An examination of the workings of the system, however, raises deep concerns about its financial stability and effectiveness. Disability rolls are rising, household income for the disable...
International Social Security Standards in the European Union (Social Europe, #28)
by Tineke Dijkhoff
Within the European Union, social security basically remains a national field of competence. The lack of common norms has paved the way for a large disparity in social protection between EU Member States, which is not conducive to the European single market. Moreover, it may lead to an increase in poverty and social exclusion in some regions and intensify economic competition between Member States on the basis of labour costs. At the same time, almost all EU Member States are bound by one or mo...
A Defense of Freemasonry and Masonic Gems or Jewels of Thought
by Maria Elizabeth Degeer and Benn Philips Reynolds
This volume, the second of a twin-set grouping articles based on papers presented at seminars in Sigtuna, Sweden 1994-1996, deals with the largest spending programmes of the welfare state - old age pensions and medical care - and their place within the debate about the desirability and affordability of modern social programmes. The chapters are divided into four parts. The first deals with general welfare, sociology and economics; part two groups papers dealing with old age pension reform in a v...
Social Security and Medicare for the New Millenium
by Dr Maurice Youakim
Social Security (Contemporary Studies in Economic & Financial Analysis, v. 78)
Lessons from Abroad for the U.S. Entitlement Debate (CSIS Reports)
by Richard Jackson
The unsustainable federal budget outlook will inevitably push entitlement reform to the forefront of the national policy debate. As America's leaders consider reform options, they will have much to learn from the experience of other developed countries, several of which have recently enacted far-reaching overhauls of their state pension systems that greatly reduce the long-term fiscal burden of their aging populations. "Lessons from Abroad for the U.S. Entitlement Debate" places America's aging...
Offices of a Lodge of Sorrow and Ring Service of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry
The Legenda And Readings Of The Ancient And Accepted Scottish Rite Of Freemasonry
by Albert Pike
The History Of The Grand Lodge And Of Freemasonry In The District Of Columbia
by Kenton N Harper
The Lost Word of Freemasonry Found
by Jirah Dewey Buck and J D Buck
Social Security Essentials
by Joe Elsasser Cfp and Dean Barber Rfc
