Christian E. Weller

Retirement on the Rocks (eBook, PDF)

Why Americans Can't Get Ahead and How New Savings Policies Can Help

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

In the US, retirement savings are low while risk exposure is high, thus dooming many retirees to a low standard of living. This book offers straightforward solutions to build real retirement security for American families.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
• Seitenzahl: 223
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. April 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781137575142
• Artikelnr.: 46753698

Autorenporträt

Christian E. Weller is Professor of Public Policy at the University of Massachusetts Boston, USA, and Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, USA. He is a prolific author with well over 100 journal articles, edited volumes, book chapters, book reviews, and other publications, in addition to numerous policy reports and briefs. He serves on several editorial boards and is a past member of the executive boards of the Eastern Economic Association and the Labor and Employment Relations Association.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Elusive Goal of a Secure Retirement
2. Americans' Growing Risk Exposure
3. More Risk, Greater Wealth Inequality
4. The Looming Retirement Shipwreck
5. Social Security: The Leaky Life Boat
6. Sink or Swim Retirement Plans
7. A Perfect Storm: Labor and Financial Maker Risks Feed on Each Other
8. The Pitfalls of Employer-Sponsored Retirement
9. Upside-Down Tax Incentives
10. Sidelined: The Millions Who Are Left Out
11. Charting a New Course