Oral history interview with Herman Somers 1968
- Name
- Somers, Herman Miles, 1911-1991 (Interviewee)
- Corning, Peter A., 1935- (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Herman Somers 1968
- Abstract
- Experiences 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.
- Collection Name
- Social security project
- Subjects
- Government executives--United States; Health insurance; Unemployment insurance; Medicare; Old age pensions; United States Politics and government 20th century; Somers, Herman Miles, 1911-1991; United States. Social Security Administration
- Format
- oral histories
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1968
- Physical Description
- 199 pages
- Note (Biographical)
- Economist.
- Note
- Interviewed by Peter A. Corning on October 6, 1967, and April 12 and July 23, 1968.
- Note (Provenance)
- Herman Somers, Gift 1968
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
- Catalog Record
- 13562981
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-jpjv-c009
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.