First published 2001
Roots of the Social Security Myth
Roots of the Social Security Myth by John Attarian is available as a free PDF download at freecapitalists.org.
- John Attarian
- First published
- 2001
- Format
- Pages
- 56
- Publisher
- Mises Institute
- License
- Published here by permission. The work itself reserves all rights; it is not Creative Commons.
John Attarian shows that the Social Security program is not an insurance program at all but rather a pure transfer scam designed to make the elderly dependent on the tax take from younger workers. In a particular controversial section, the author shows how implausible so-called privatization is in the American context, and how the only path to reform involves dismantling this program completely. The complete text runs 50 pages.
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- Is Roots of the Social Security Myth free to download?
- Yes. The complete 56-page PDF downloads directly from this page (300 KB). There is no signup, no account and no paywall.
- How long is Roots of the Social Security Myth?
- 56 pages in the edition this archive serves.
- Is Roots of the Social Security Myth in the public domain?
- No. This edition is published here by permission and the work itself reserves all rights. It is free to read and download from this archive, but it is not public domain and not Creative Commons.
- Who wrote Roots of the Social Security Myth?
- John Attarian, economist and journalist, and one of the leading experts on the history and economics of Social Security, died suddenly, December 31, 2004, at the age of 48. He was born November 25, 1956, and received his Ph.D.
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