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Letter: Should Liberals (or Anyone Else) Really Support Social Security "Personal Accounts"?, The Economists' Voice (2009)

Although Konstantin Magin is confident that liberals should support Social Security privatization "enthusiastically," his argument...

 

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Poverty in the Twenty-First Century: Explaining the Need for the New Journal and Describing Its Goals, Poverty & Public Policy (2009)

Max J. Skidmore, Editor-in-Chief of Poverty & Public Policy, explains the need for this new...

 

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"Real Reforms to Enhance, Not Curtail, Social Security" (with George S. McGovern), Montana Professor18 (2007)
 

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"The American System of Social Security: Separating Fact from Fallacy", Montana Professor (2007)
 

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"Why Privatizing Social Security is a Terrible Idea", History News Network (2005)
 
"Presidents and the Development of Medicare in the U. S.", White House Studies (2005)
 
"The Presidency of U. S. Grant: A Reconsideration", White House Studies (2005)
 
"Prominent Abolitionists on Abraham Lincoln", For the People: Newsletter of the Abraham Lincoln Association (2004)
 
"Censorship: Who Needs It? How the Conventional Wisdom Restricts Information's Free Flow", Journal of Popular Culture (2001)
 
"There's a Reason It's Called Social Security: Getting the Facts Straight, Viewing Social Security Calmly, Tom Paine.com (2000)
 
"Famine at the Feast: Funding Public Services in Missouri", Journal of Public Affairs (2000)
 

Books

Securing America's Future: A Bold Plan to Preserve and Expand Social Security (2008)

Analysis of the American system of Social Security, with proposals for expansion and for universal...

 
Moose Crossing: Portland to Portland on the Theodore Roosevelt International Highway (2007)

A history of the northernmost transcontinental road in the US in the1920s and 1930s, including...

 
Politics and Language (with Andrew Cline) (2007)

A collection of essays dealing from various points of view with the political effects of...

 
After the White House: Former Presidents as Private Citizens (2004)

A comprehensive examination of the post presidential careers of America's chief executives.

 
Presidential Performance: A Comprehensive Review (2004)

An evaluation of each president and his administration, and a criticism of presidential rankings.

 
Social Security and its Enemies (1999)

An analysis of America's social insurance systems, demonstrating that the bleak future projected by Social...

 
Legacy to the World: A Study of America's Political Ideas (1998)

An examination of American political ideas and their contribution to the world of politics; also...

 
Medicare and the American Rhetoric of Reconciliation (1970)

A history of the adoption of Social Security, and a history and analysis of the...

 

Contributions to Books

"Social Security", Encyclopedia of American Government and Civics (2008)
 
"America's Experience with Populism: Lessons for Europe", Populizm na Przelomie XX-XXI: Remedium Czy Pulapka dia Wspolczesnych Spoleczenst (2006)
 
Social Security Reform, Encyclopedia of Aging (2006)
 
"Breaking the Glass Ceiling: When (Not If) a Woman Becomes President, Anticipating Madam President (2003)
 
"Fundamentalism's Challenge to Modern Society", Religion in a Changing Europe (2003)
 
"Brave New World: Biomedical Research and Health-Care Delivery in Modern America", Health Care Policy in an Age of new Technologies (2002)
 
Why Privatization is Not on the American Social Security Policy Agenda, The Marketization of Social Security: International Perspectives (2001)