Retirement on the Rocks

Why Americans Can't Get Ahead and How New Savings Policies Can Help
2016. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-137-39562-7
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 223 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 3992 g

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weller, Christian E.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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.