Facing Old Age

About this eBook

Author

Epstein, Abraham, 1892-1942

Title

Facing old age : a study of old age dependency in the United States and old age pensions

Original Publication

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1922.

Credits

Richard Tonsing, Charlene Taylor, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)

Language

English

LoC Class

HD: Social sciences: Economic history and conditions, Production

Subject

Social security

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 77562

Release Date

December 29, 2025

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.FACING OLD AGE A STUDY OF OLD AGE DEPENDENCY IN THE UNITED STATES AND OLD AGE PENSIONS
2. 2.CONTENTS
3. 3.FOREWORD
4. 4.INTRODUCTION
5. 5.PART I ACTUAL CONDITIONS OF THE AGED — CHAPTER I AFTER SIXTY—WHAT? — CHAPTER II THE INDUSTRIAL SCRAP-HEAP — CHAPTER III PASSING BEYOND THE HALF CENTURY MARK — AGE — SEX — FAMILY CONNECTIONS — PHYSICAL CONDITION — CLASSES FROM WHICH RECRUITED — HOME OWNERSHIP, PROPERTY, AND INCOMES — CHAPTER IV THE COST OF FOLLOWING THE OSTRICH POLICY
6. 6.PART TWO CAUSES OF OLD AGE DEPENDENCY — CHAPTER V INDIVIDUAL CAUSES OF OLD AGE DEPENDENCY — SUPERANNUATION AS A CAUSE OF OLD AGE DEPENDENCY — DEPENDENCY DUE TO WANING EARNING POWER — LACK OF FAMILY CONNECTIONS — SICKNESS AND INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS AS CAUSES OF AGED DEPENDENCY — CHAPTER VI THE CHASM BETWEEN THE COST OF LIVING AND WAGES — 1890–1900 — 1901–1904 — 1905–1907 — 1908–1909 — 1910–1913 — 1914 — WAR CHANGES IN WAGES AND COSTS OF LIVING — CHAPTER VII SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND MORAL CAUSES OF AGED DEPENDENCY — UNEMPLOYMENT — STRIKES — GENERAL MISFORTUNE — THE PART PLAYED BY MORAL CHARACTER
7. 7.PART III EXISTING METHODS OF RELIEF — CHAPTER VIII INDIVIDUAL SAVINGS AND INDUSTRIAL PENSIONS — INDIVIDUAL SAVINGS — PENSION SYSTEMS OF INDUSTRIAL CONCERNS — AGE OF RETIREMENT — YEARS OF SERVICE — PENSION AMOUNT — RAILROAD PENSION SYSTEMS — CHAPTER IX FEDERAL, STATE, MUNICIPAL EMPLOYÉS, AND TEACHERS’ PENSIONS — FEDERAL EMPLOYÉS’ PENSIONS — MILITARY PENSIONS OF THE U. S. — PENSIONS FOR STATE EMPLOYÉS — MUNICIPAL EMPLOYÉS’ PENSIONS — TEACHERS’ RETIREMENT FUNDS — CHAPTER X OLD AGE BENEFITS OF FRATERNAL AND TRADE UNION ORGANIZATIONS — FRATERNAL INSURANCE — TRADE UNION SUPERANNUATION BENEFITS — THE INTERNATIONAL TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION — THE ORDER OF RAILROAD TELEGRAPHERS — THE BRICKLAYERS’ FUND — OTHER UNIONS — THE UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA
8. 8.PART FOUR OLD AGE PENSIONS: WHAT THEY ARE AND THEIR OUTLOOK FOR THE UNITED STATES — CHAPTER XI THE PURPOSE AND NATURE OF PENSIONS — I. VOLUNTARY INSURANCE — II. COMPULSORY-CONTRIBUTORY INSURANCE — III. STRAIGHT OR NON-CONTRIBUTORY PENSIONS — IV. THE CASE FOR AND AGAINST UNIVERSAL PENSIONS — CHAPTER XII THE PENSION MOVEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES
9. 9.PART FIVE OLD AGE INSURANCE AND PENSION SYSTEMS OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES AND VARIOUS STATES — CHAPTER XIII VOLUNTARY AND SUBSIDIZED SYSTEMS OF OLD AGE INSURANCE — BELGIUM — CANADA — JAPAN — SWITZERLAND — MASSACHUSETTS — WISCONSIN — CHAPTER XIV COMPULSORY-CONTRIBUTORY OLD AGE INSURANCE — AUSTRIA — CZECHO-SLOVAKIA — CHILE — FRANCE — GERMANY — GREECE — ICELAND — ITALY — LUXEMBURG — NETHERLANDS — NORWAY — PORTUGAL — ROUMANIA — RUSSIA — SPAIN — SWEDEN — SWITZERLAND — CHAPTER XV NON-CONTRIBUTORY OR STRAIGHT OLD AGE PENSION SYSTEMS — ALASKA — ARIZONA — AUSTRALIA — DENMARK — GREAT BRITAIN — NEW ZEALAND — URUGUAY
10. 10.APPENDIX — (A) BILL INTRODUCED BY SENATOR McNARY IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES August 15, 1818. A BILL To provide old-age pensions. — (B) BILL PRESENTED BY THE PENNSYLVANIA OLD AGE PENSION COMMISSION TO THE 1821 PENNSYLVANIA STATE LEGISLATURE, AND WHICH IN ITS MAIN PROVISIONS HAS, IN EFFECT, THE ENDORSEMENT OF THE SOCIAL INSURANCE COMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR LABOR LEGISLATION — AN ACT — Administration — Allowance — Qualifications of Claimants — Property Qualifications — Calculation of Income — How Administered — Fines Punishment and Criminal Procedure — Funds and Expenses — Annual Report Hearings Etc

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