The Social Security Act in perspective -- Title II, the program structure of old age, survivors and disability insurance -- Title II, the policy structure of old age, survivors, and disability insurance -- Title III, unemployment Insurance -- Title XVI, supplemental security income -- Title IV,...

Longevity insurance benefits are deferred annuities that start payment at an advanced age at which a substantial proportion of the birth cohort has died. In high-income countries, that would mean that these annuities would start for people in their early 80s, but when social security programs...