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Professor Edward Berkowitz spoke about the history and policy of the Supplemental Security Income (SSI), which provides benefits to low-income elderly and disabled citizens. He argued that p…

Professor Berkowitz talked about his book, Something Happened: A Political and Cultural Overview of the Seventies, published by University of Columbia Press, in which he examined America dur…

Professor Edward Berkowitz talked about the debate over health care reform in comparison with legislative efforts to create Social Security and Medicare. He also responded to telephone calls…

Julian Zelizer talked about the book he edited, The American Congress: The Building of Democracy, published by Houghton Mifflin. He gathered 40 essays by renowned historians to capture the l…

Panelists talked about the history of Social Security legislation, various reform efforts over the past decades, and political struggles to use the system to forward partisan efforts. Follow…

Members of the President’s Advisory Council on Social Security talked about the divisions over the future of Social Security, saying that three different plans to preserve the system were en…