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Book SynopsisAs Social Security, workplace pensions, and individual retirement accounts become more insecure, America's pension system is in serious need of rehabilitation. In this timely volume, Mitchell A. Orenstein and his distinguished colleagues Gary Burtless, Teresa Ghilarducci, and Alicia Munnell argue that any reform of the U.S. pension system must address both future imbalances in the Social Security program and weaknesses in the workplace and individual retirement systems on which a growing number of Americans now rely. Weighing what is gained against what is lost as new proposals surface, this book offers a clear account and reasoned analysis of the looming crisis, as well as our collective alternatives both domestically and abroad.
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Table of ContentsContents Introduction, by Mitchell A. Orenstein 1. Retirements at Risk, by Alicia H. Munnell 2. Expanding Participation in America's Workplace Retirement System, by Gary Burtless 3. Financial Market Turbulence and Social Security Reform, by Gary Burtless 4. The Plan to Save American Workers' Retirements 5. Learning from International Experience, by Mitchell A. Orenstein List of Contributors
