U. S. Welfare Policies in Perspective.

The article looks at the social security programs in the U.S. The country's social security programs are reported in this article to have a tendency toward expansion and liberalization and that the proportion of the national income spent on such programs tends to increase in the course of industrialization. The article discusses several reasons social security came relatively late to the U.S. It then offers a look at substantial evidence of growing support for a more effective social security program. It also predicts that expansion and liberalization are likely to continue, but there will be an increasing need for a more vigorous attack on inequities and complexities and for improvements in methods of financing.