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Book SynopsisFew days pass without front page newspaper articles about the disarray in the American social security system and the oncoming crisis of exploding costs and imbalance between workers and retirees.
Table of ContentsForeword by U.S. Senator John Breaux Preface Introduction: Alternatives to Social Security by James Midgley The Social Assistance Approach and Retirement Pensions in Australia by Linda Rosenman Provident Funds and Social Protection: The Case of Singapore by Michael Sherraden Non-Contributory Pensions in Hong Kong: An Alternative to Social Security? by K. L. Tang Privatizing Social Security: Relevance of the Chilean Experience by Silvia Borzutzky Pension Reform in Britain: Alternative Modes of Provision by Matthew Owen and Frank Field Indigenous Support and Social Security: Lessons from Kenya by Franz von Benda-Beckmann, Hans Gsänger and James Midgley Conclusion: Social Security in the Twenty-First Century by Michael Sherraden
