Facing old age
- Subtitle
- a study of old age dependency in the United States and old age pensions
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1. Front matter2. FOREWORD3. INTRODUCTION4. PART I ACTUAL CONDITIONS OF THE AGED5. CHAPTER I AFTER SIXTY—WHAT?6. CHAPTER II THE INDUSTRIAL SCRAP-HEAP7. CHAPTER III PASSING BEYOND THE HALF CENTURY MARK8. CHAPTER IV THE COST OF FOLLOWING THE OSTRICH POLICY9. PART TWO CAUSES OF OLD AGE DEPENDENCY10. CHAPTER V INDIVIDUAL CAUSES OF OLD AGE DEPENDENCY11. CHAPTER VI THE CHASM BETWEEN THE COST OF LIVING AND WAGES12. CHAPTER VII SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND MORAL CAUSES OF AGED DEPENDENCY13. PART III EXISTING METHODS OF RELIEF14. CHAPTER VIII INDIVIDUAL SAVINGS AND INDUSTRIAL PENSIONS15. CHAPTER IX FEDERAL, STATE, MUNICIPAL EMPLOYÉS, AND TEACHERS’ PENSIONS16. CHAPTER X OLD AGE BENEFITS OF FRATERNAL AND TRADE UNION ORGANIZATIONS17. PART FOUR OLD AGE PENSIONS: WHAT THEY ARE AND THEIR OUTLOOK FOR THE UNITED STATES18. CHAPTER XI THE PURPOSE AND NATURE OF PENSIONS19. CHAPTER XII THE PENSION MOVEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES20. PART FIVE OLD AGE INSURANCE AND PENSION SYSTEMS OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES AND VARIOUS STATES21. CHAPTER XIII VOLUNTARY AND SUBSIDIZED SYSTEMS OF OLD AGE INSURANCE22. CHAPTER XIV COMPULSORY-CONTRIBUTORY OLD AGE INSURANCE23. CHAPTER XV NON-CONTRIBUTORY OR STRAIGHT OLD AGE PENSION SYSTEMS24. APPENDIX