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Article: The Future of the Safety Net: Social Insurance and Employee Benefits. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
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- Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations
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- June 22, 2002
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edited by Sheldon FRIEDMAN and David C. JACOBS, Champaign, Illinois: Industrial Relations Research Association, 2001, 268 pp., ISBN 0-913447-81-1
This most recent volume of the Industrial Relations Research Association series is no exception to a tradition of engaging empirical and policy contributions to the field. The introductory chapter, by editors Friedman and Jacobs, outlines the current American social safety net debate. Critics are charging that bankruptcy looms for publicly funded social welfare programs. Demographic shifts and increasing life expectancies will make public pensions and health care untenable in the near future. Furthermore, declines in ...