Rescuing Retirement : : A Plan to Guarantee Retirement Security for All Americans /

Rescuing Retirement : : A Plan to Guarantee Retirement Security for All Americans / / Teresa Ghilarducci, Tony James.

Everyone deserves to be able to retire with dignity, but this core feature of the social contract is in jeopardy. Companies have swerved away from pensions, and most of the workforce has woefully inadequate retirement savings. If we don't act to fix this broken system, rates of impoverishment f...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
VerfasserIn:
Ghilarducci, Teresa,
James, Tony,
MitwirkendeR:
Geithner, Timothy,
TeilnehmendeR:
Geithner, Timothy.
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2018]
©2018
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • FOREWORD
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. SOCIETY'S RETIREMENT CRISIS
  • 2. HOW WE GOT HERE: AMERICA'S BROKEN RETIREMENT SYSTEM
  • 3. SIX KEY PROBLEMS: THE CONSEQUENCES OF A BROKEN RETIREMENT SYSTEM
  • 4. RESCUING RETIREMENT: A FOUR-PRONGED SOLUTION
  • 5. CASE STUDIES: SIMILAR PLANS IN ACTION
  • 6. WHY NOT JUST EXPAND SOCIAL SECURITY?: AMERICANS NEED A UNIVERSAL PENSION SYSTEM
  • 7. GROWING SUPPORT FROM THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND A MANDATE FOR CONGRESS
  • 8. THE EMPLOYER'S STAKE IN RETIREMENT REFORM
  • 9. CONCLUSION
  • Questions and Answers on the Guaranteed Retirement Account
  • Appendix A: The Cost of a Principal Protection Guarantee
  • Appendix B: GRAs Versus Other Policy Solutions
  • Appendix C: Looking at Retirement Coverage Across the Country
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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