Dismantling Solidarity : : Capitalist Politics and American Pensions since the New Deal / / Michael A. McCarthy.

Why has old-age security become less solidaristic and increasingly tied to risky capitalist markets? Drawing on rich archival data that covers more than fifty years of American history, Michael A. McCarthy argues that the critical driver was policymakers' reactions to capitalist crises and thei...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2017]
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Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (240 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • 1. The Retirement Puzzle
  • 2. Capitalist Crisis and Pension Insecurity
  • 3. Reconversion and the Origin of Bargained Plans
  • 4. Turning Labor into Finance Capital
  • 5. Toward the 401(k) Ownership Society
  • 6. Conclusions
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index