This may be the best short study ever written on the history of Social Security. John Attarian shows that the program is not an insurance program at all but rather a pure transfer scam designed to make the elderly dependent on the tax take from younger workers.
In a particular controversial section, the author shows how implausible so-called privatization is in the American context, and how the only path to reform involves dismantling this program completely. The complete text runs 50 pages.
ASIN B0006RRE92