The predictable surprise : the unraveling of the U.S. retirement system /
Social Security is in jeopardy, private pension systems have fallen apart, and workers are trying to save on their own for retirement with the stock market in the worst shape since the Great Depression. In The Predictable Surprise, Sylvester J. Schieber shows that forewarnings of the coming retireme...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2012.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Social Security is in jeopardy, private pension systems have fallen apart, and workers are trying to save on their own for retirement with the stock market in the worst shape since the Great Depression. In The Predictable Surprise, Sylvester J. Schieber shows that forewarnings of the coming retirement crisis have been apparent for decades, but we have never mustered the political will to address the problem. This book explains how we have gotten into the retirement predicament and where we can go from here. Schieber, a renowned authority on this topic, provides a compact, insightful history of. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (477 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199890965 019989096X 1283427826 9781283427821 9780190261382 0190261382 0199930090 9780199930098 9786613427823 6613427829 |