Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Oral history interview with Herman Somers [electronic resource], 1968
Creator: | Somers, Herman Miles, 1911-1991 | Project: | Social security project. (see all project interviews) | Phys. Desc. : | Transcript: 199 pages sound file : digital preservation master, WAV files (96 kHz, 24 bit) | Location: | Columbia Center for Oral History | Full CLIO record >> |
Biographical NoteEconomist.
Scope and ContentsExperiences in Wisconsin with unemployment insurance and public welfare; detailed discussion of Madison group and their outlook: academic involvement in public affairs, economics as an instrument for action, health, old age, and unemployment insurance; establishment of social security; Medicare debate; Task Force on Health and Social Security, 1961; White House Conference on the Aged.
SubjectsAccess ConditionsCopyright by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1980.
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