John MacnicolJohn Macnicol is Visiting Professor in Social Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He has published extensively on social policy, particularly the history of social policy. His previous books include Age Discrimination: An istorical and Contemporary Analysis (Cambridge, 2006), Paying for the Old: Old Age and Social Welfare Provision (edited, 2000) and The Politics of Retirement in Britain, 1878-1948 (Cambridge, 1998). Read More Read Less