social insurance
noun
: protection of the individual against economic hazards (such as unemployment, old age, or disability) in which the government participates or enforces the participation of employers and affected individuals
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Germany was the first country to adopt such a social insurance program in 1889, designed by Chancellor Otto von Bismarck.
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Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 26 Mar. 2024
The program numbers tell the tale of a broadly necessary but very basic social insurance program.
—Christian Weller, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
To sustain international cooperation, governments must complement openness with policies that create good jobs, provide social insurance, tax footloose corporations, and avoid destabilizing capital flows.
—Barry Eichengreen, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2023
Mass parties, labor unions, public schools, strikes and boycotts, social insurance, minimum-wage laws, state banks and currency reform, antitrust regulation, income taxes, even economic planning: these were the new priorities, the material resources of freedom.
—Corey Robin, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2023
Another figure reveals the change in the unfunded liabilities of our social insurance programs.
—Scott Burns, Dallas News, 3 Aug. 2023
Audi and Volkswagen are offering 24 months of credit protection services at no charge only to individuals for whom the following information was impacted: Driver’s license number; date of birth; Social Security or social insurance number; account or loan number; or tax identification number.
—Andy Meek, BGR, 14 June 2021
Some experts have suggested, instead, the creation of a new line of social insurance, perhaps funded through payroll taxes as Social Security is, to provide a minimum level of service available to everyone.
—New York Times, 15 Apr. 2021
Sunak on Wednesday announced a package of measures to reduce the squeeze on consumers, including a cut in motor fuel taxes, more money for local government aid to low-income residents and raising the threshold at which workers begin to pay social insurance taxes.
—Danica Kirka, ajc, 24 Mar. 2022
Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 26 Mar. 2024
The program numbers tell the tale of a broadly necessary but very basic social insurance program.
—Christian Weller, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
To sustain international cooperation, governments must complement openness with policies that create good jobs, provide social insurance, tax footloose corporations, and avoid destabilizing capital flows.
—Barry Eichengreen, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2023
Mass parties, labor unions, public schools, strikes and boycotts, social insurance, minimum-wage laws, state banks and currency reform, antitrust regulation, income taxes, even economic planning: these were the new priorities, the material resources of freedom.
—Corey Robin, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2023
Another figure reveals the change in the unfunded liabilities of our social insurance programs.
—Scott Burns, Dallas News, 3 Aug. 2023
Audi and Volkswagen are offering 24 months of credit protection services at no charge only to individuals for whom the following information was impacted: Driver’s license number; date of birth; Social Security or social insurance number; account or loan number; or tax identification number.
—Andy Meek, BGR, 14 June 2021
Some experts have suggested, instead, the creation of a new line of social insurance, perhaps funded through payroll taxes as Social Security is, to provide a minimum level of service available to everyone.
—New York Times, 15 Apr. 2021
Sunak on Wednesday announced a package of measures to reduce the squeeze on consumers, including a cut in motor fuel taxes, more money for local government aid to low-income residents and raising the threshold at which workers begin to pay social insurance taxes.
—Danica Kirka, ajc, 24 Mar. 2022
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“Social insurance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/social%20insurance. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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