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A sharp examination of the troubled state of retirement in America shares sobering insights into how the real estate crash and limited social security are preventing retirement and inducing widespread poverty in aging Baby Boomers.
"As millions of baby boomers reach their golden years, the state of retirement in America is little short of a disaster. A third of Americans have no retirement savings at all. The real estate crash wiped out much of the...
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Social Security is the largest government program in the world. But it is also a deeply troubled one, on the verge of financial collapse. Within 15 years Social Security will begin running a deficit. Overall, the program is more than $26 trillion in debt. Without fundamental reform it will not be able to pay the benefits it has promised to our children and grandchildren. That has prompted the most far-reaching discussion of the purpose and structure...
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Exploring the lived realities of both poverty and prosperity in the UK, this book examines the material and symbolic significance of welfare austerity and its implications for social citizenship and inequality. The book offers a rare and vivid insight into the everyday lives, attitudes and behaviours of the rich as well as the poor, demonstrating how those marginalized and validated by the existing welfare system make sense of the prevailing socio-political...
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Las tensiones que emergen entre la libertad y la psicología generan dinámicas y movimientos que permiten, genealógicamente, comprender diversas trayectorias y emergencias, procedencias y búsquedas cuya complejidad mantiene una permanente invitación a la investigación, a la reflexión y a la transformación. La práctica educativa, asumida como ejercicio de la libertad, al mejor estilo del formador brasilero Paulo Freire, parece ser la razón...
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Este libro reúne estudios psicoanalíticos de caso en los que se interpreta material fenomenológico a la luz del pensamiento teórico de la escuela neokleiniana. La primera parte presenta doce casos de adultos, adolescentes y niños en los que se exploran algunas perturbaciones en el desarrollo psíquico de las dimensiones estructural, dinámica, económica, genética, geográfica y epistemológica desarrolladas por Freud, Klein, Bion y Meltzer....
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In this thought-provoking book, Paul Spicker challenges readers to rethink social security benefits in Britain. Putting a case for reform of the system, Spicker argues that most of the criticisms made of social security benefits – that spending is out of control, that it has led to mushrooming dependency, that it fails to get people into work, and that the system is riddled with fraud – are misconceived. Addressing those misconceptions, Spicker...
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This book looks at both the Republican and the Democratic Party plans for Social Security, showing how each confronts significant ideological and political hurdles. David Koitz cuts through the partisan rhetoric that has made social Security one of the most debated programs on the U.S. political scene and looks at both the Republican and the Democratic plans for Social Security, showing important flaws in each.
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Women are riding out the recession more easily than men, with a lower unemployment rate and a higher percentage attaining high school diplomas and Bachelor and Master degrees. Yet President Obama and Congress, responding to fierce feminist lobbying, propose to expand preferences for women in both education and hiring. Whereas original feminists portrayed women as equal to men, the 21st century feminist message is that women cannot succeed without...
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Until now, there has never been a comprehensive, easy-to-understand handbook for federal employees and retirees that fully explains not only Social Security and Medicare but also how they dovetail (and, in some cases, conflict) with the federal government's retirement and health insurance programs.
Social Security and Medicare are easily the two most misunderstood benefits that federal employees, postal workers and retirees have, but it's...
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Charles Blahous, one of the nation's foremost retirement security experts, explains the origins and dangers of current underfunding in our single-employer defined-benefit pension system and outlines the options for solving the problem and preventing the next taxpayer-financed bailout. He provides a tutorial on the basic workings of pension law, reviews the recent history that led to the worsening condition of the pension insurance system, and suggests...
11) Agrarian Justice
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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.
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Claude M. Rocan (1950-2020) est né à St. Boniface, Manitoba. Il a réalisé ses études au Collège universitaire Glendon (Université York) et à l'Université McMaster avant d'obtenir son doctorat en science politique à l'Université York. Il a occupé des postes de politique/conseil dans le gouvernement de la Saskatchewan et le gouvernement du Canada aux niveaux supérieurs professionnels et exécutifs. En tant que Directeur général du Centre...
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Andrea Louise Campbell is Assistant Professor of Government at Harvard University. She was a Robert Wood Johnson Scholar in Health Policy at Yale University from 2001-2003.
Some groups participate in politics more than others. Why? And does it matter for policy outcomes? In this richly detailed and fluidly written book, Andrea Campbell argues that democratic participation and public policy powerfully reinforce each other. Through a case study of...
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Si bien existen experiencias y políticas puntuales que emergieron desde los años 90 en algunas ciudades, ningún gobierno ha construido en forma sustentable y sistemática una política al respecto. Solo existen algunas medidas de prevención situacional y una agenda marcada por el populismo punitivo que asumen que la represión policial, a menudo en contradicción con los derechos humanos, es la mejor receta contra el crimen o por lo menos la que...
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On September 10, 2001, the United States was the most open country in the world. But in the aftermath of the worst terrorist attacks on American soil, the U.S. government began to close its borders in an effort to fight terrorism. The Bush administration's goal was to build new lines of defense without stifling the flow of people and ideas from abroad that has helped build the world's most dynamic economy. Unfortunately, it didn't work out that way.
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La restricción, exclusión y limitación del ejercicio pleno de derechos continúa siendo una realidad para distintos sectores de la población en México. Distinguida con la obtención de un premio como mejor tesis, esta obra propone un análisis descriptivo-interpretativo respecto a las condiciones de discriminación estructural en que se coloca a las personas debido a la suposición o existencia de un diagnóstico relativo a su salud mental, y...
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A former Social Security Administration (SSA) attorney goes behind the scenes to show you why it's so difficult to win a Social Security Disability case. Working as an Attorney Advisor for over 10 years, the author drafted and reviewed thousands of disability decisions. During this time, he learned why the system is stacked against the claimant throughout the process. After he left SSA, he wanted to make this knowledge available to everyone.
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La persistencia de la desigualdad en América Latina, y en particular en el Perú, se comprende mejor si se analiza la situación de pobreza dentro de su marco histórico cultural. Desde la década de 1990 la inclusión ha adquirido relevancia como un problema de fondo en la lucha contra la pobreza que debe ser tomado en cuenta en el diseño de las políticas sociales.
Esta perspectiva nos ha llevado a entenderla como un proceso complejo y plural,...
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The US public has been led to believe that Social Security is going bankrupt and that our children will be burdened with supporting the elderly unless it is reformed. Benavie will refute these arguments. While it is true that our public pension system can be improved, this book will separate the widely accepted economic facts of the issue from personal value judgements. This book is an invaluable guide to understanding and making informed decisions...
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An integrated national identification (ID) system offers a means to fast-track the development process by providing the most efficient way to identify people in developing countries. This report seeks to help governments assess the maturity of a country's ID system and integrate it with development activities. A maturity model for a country's ID management is developed and applied to seven countries in Asia to assess the maturity of their ID systems....
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