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While America aged : how pension debts ruined General Motors, stopped the NYC subways, bankrupted San Diego, and loom as the next financial crisis

Title
While America aged : how pension debts ruined General Motors, stopped the NYC subways, bankrupted San Diego, and loom as the next financial crisis / Roger Lowenstein.
Author
Lowenstein, Roger.
Publication
New York : Penguin Press, 2008.
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Description
274 p.; 25 cm.
Summary
From the bestselling author of "Buffett" and "Origins of the Crash" comes a wake-up call to the pension and retirement crisis facing America and the road map for a way out.
Subject
  • Pensions > United States > Finance
  • Defined benefit pension plans > United States
  • Retirement income > United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-266) and index.
Contents
Introduction -- Who owns General Motors? -- Walter Reuther and the Treaty of Detroit -- The anti-Reuther -- The public freight -- An entitled class -- On strike! -- Debacle in San Diego -- Finest city -- Pension plot -- The bill comes due -- Conclusion : the way out -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.
Call Number
JBE 15-169
ISBN
  • 9781594201677
  • 1594201676
LCCN
2007042508
OCLC
176861121
Author
Lowenstein, Roger.
Title
While America aged : how pension debts ruined General Motors, stopped the NYC subways, bankrupted San Diego, and loom as the next financial crisis / Roger Lowenstein.
Imprint
New York : Penguin Press, 2008.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-266) and index.
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Publisher description
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JBE 15-169
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