UA Social Work Lecture to Focus on Baby Boomers’ Impact on Federal Budget

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Dr. Bruce S. Jansson, professor of social policy at the University of Southern California and noted historian of the U.S. federal budget process, will present “From Boomers to Bust? Some Implications of Boomers’ Rising Costs for American Society in Coming Decades,” Monday, March 14 at noon in 104 Little Hall on The University of Alabama campus.

The lecture is part of the UA School of Social Work’s Colloquium Series that brings speakers to campus to share their expertise with UA faculty, staff, students and welcome guests. The lecture is free and open to the University community and the general public.

Jansson’s recently published book, “The Sixteen Trillion Dollar Mistake: How the U.S. Bungled its National Priorities from FDR to Clinton,” looks at the history of the federal budget process. He is currently working on a sequel to the book that will call for a debate on forthcoming national priorities as spending on the elderly and medical care threatens to truncate spending for other domestic priorities.

His other books, “The Reluctant Welfare State, Theory and Practice of Social Policy” and “Becoming an Effective Policy Advocate from Policy Practice to Social Justice” have been printed in fourth editions.

Jansson has been on the USC faculty since 1973, after working as a community organizer and planner for tenants’ rights in the state of Michigan. He has also served as the Moses Distinguished Research Professor at the City University of New York Graduate Center.

His research projects include policy making and planning processes in social agencies; the procurement of resources for social service agencies; the monitoring function of public agencies; and the history and practice of social welfare policy.

For more information, contact the UA School of Social Work at 205/348-3924.