Financing Social Security, 1939-1949: A reexamination of the financing policies of this period

Social Security Bulletin

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 51-69

  DeWitt, Larry ^a  

^a SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

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ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HISTORY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; POLICY; SOCIAL SECURITY; TAX; UNITED STATES;

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL SECURITY; TAXES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION;

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