Social Insurance - The book

“This book is an important one because it helps us understand all the levels of the puzzle: what social insurance is, how its pieces fit together, how the fabric came into being and what it now looks like, what role it plays in shaping the general welfare, and what the role of government ought to look like in the twenty-first century. The authors have a very strong point of view about the answers to these questions. Many readers are sure to disagree with them. But they will soon discover that (the authors) have led them to consider the right questions, and they will find themselves vastly better informed in trying to answer those questions. And perhaps the authors will even change some readers’ minds.”

Don Kettl, Dean, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland