Abstract
This is an Article about economic security and the curious, and often perverse, mechanisms through which it is distributed in contemporary American society. It is about the long-standing tension between the desire to protect the needy and the need to reward the productive. And it is about the way in which systems presently in effect fail on both scores.
The Article examines a variety of devices designed to enhance economic security. These include income for the disabled, funds to defray the costs of medical care, an dincome for those who have no employment due to age (whether young or old) or inability to find work. Although these devices provide access to money or services, they are intended not to augment wealth, but to insulate the recipient from economic calamity.
Disciplines
Law
Publisher
Tulane University School of Law
Publication Date
1993
Rights Information
Tulane Law Review Association holds the copyright.
Rights Holder
Tulane Law Review Association
Permanent URL
http://hdl.handle.net/2047/d20002621
Recommended Citation
Mary E. O'Connell, On the Fringe: Rethinking the Link Between Wages and Benefits, originally published in 67 TUL. L. REV. 1421 (1993).
Notes
Originally published in 67 TUL. L. REV. 1421 (1993). Reprinted with permission of the Tulane Law Review Association, which holds the copyright.