From Bismarck to Beveridge: The State Pension Arrives

Bismarck's 1889 old-age insurance, Britain's 1908 Liberal welfare pensions, the Beveridge Report and FDR's 1935 Social Security Act — the birth of the public pension.

Playlist by @pension_fund_history

9 tracks, shared on Audicious.

1. The Bismarck Trap: How the Man Who Invented Retirement Designed It to Fail — Fortuna's Wheel
2. Social Security and Otto von Bismarck — Heritage Wealth Planning
3. Britain Had No State Pension Until 1908 — What Happened When You Got Too Old to Work? — Secret Britain Files
4. Sir William Beveridge Talks To Pathe Gazette (1942) — British Pathé
5. Spotlight On: Beveridge Report — The National Archives UK
6. Here's How the Great Depression Brought on Social Security | History — HISTORY
7. Social Security Act of 1935 — Daily Dose Documentary
8. The Systems Story - Social Security — U.S. Social Security Administration
9. The History of Social Security: Where It Went Wrong and How to Fix It — NowThis