I. M. Rubinow

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name = Isaac Max Rubinow


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caption = Courtesy of the Isaac M. Rubinow Papers, Kheel Center, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
birth_date = 1875
birth_place = Russia
death_date = death year and age|1936|1875
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occupation = Actuary
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Isaac Max Rubinow (1875–1936) was a leading theorist on social insurance and one of the most influential writers on the subject. Rubinow was an MD, and held a Ph.D. in economics from Columbia University. His 1913 book, "Social Insurance", was the most influential early work on social security. His work impacted a generation of social reformers, including President Theodore Roosevelt, who used Rubinow's work in drafting the Progressive Party platform in 1912. The Progressive Party was the first of its kind to call for social insurance.

Rubinow was a Russian Jew who immigrated to the United States in 1893, at the age of 18. Trained as a medical doctor, he grew so upset with the misery of his patients that he decided he could do more good for the common man by helping to alleviate their economic woes than he could as a physician.

Employed as an actuary, Rubinow was central to the formation of the Casualty Actuarial and Statistical Society of America in 1914, which is known today as the Casualty Actuarial Society. Rubinow was elected its first president Harvard citation |CAS|2008.

Rubinow's 1934 book, "The Quest for Security", established him as the most recognized theorist on social insurance in the first three decades of the twentieth century.

References

Citation
last = CAS
author-link = Casualty Actuarial Society
year =2008
contribution = History
url = http://www.casact.org/about/index.cfm?fa=aboutTheCAS
title = CAS Overview
publisher = Casualty Actuarial Society
accessdate = 2008-09-14

Persondata
NAME= Isaac Max Rubinow
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= I. M. Rubinow
SHORT DESCRIPTION= Actuary and economist
DATE OF BIRTH= 1875
PLACE OF BIRTH= Russia
DATE OF DEATH= 1936
PLACE OF DEATH= United States of America