{"product_id":"while-america-aged-isbn-9780143115380","title":"While America Aged","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe retirement crisis facing America-and the road map for a way out-from \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eOrigins of the Crash\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In the last several decades, corporations and local governments made ruinous pension and healthcare promises to American workers. With these now coming due, they threaten to destroy twenty-first- century America's hopes for a comfortable retirement. With his trademark narrative panache, bestselling author Roger Lowenstein analyzes three fascinating case studies-General Motors, the New York City subway system, and the city of San Diego-each an object lesson and a compelling historical saga that illuminates how the pension crisis developed. Cumulative retirement deficits are approaching $1 trillion, and Lowenstein warns that these are only the first. Retirement pensions will continue to be a critical issue as the country ages, and While America Aged is the urgent call to action and prescription for reform.While America Aged\u003ci\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One: Who Owns General Motors?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Walter Reuther and the Treaty of Detroit\u003cbr\u003e2. The Anti-Reuther\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two: The Public Freight\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. An Entitled Class\u003cbr\u003e4. On Strike!\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Three: Debacle in San Diego\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. Finest City\u003cbr\u003e6. Pension Plot\u003cbr\u003e7. The Bill Comes Due\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eConclusion: The Way Out\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" Financial journalist Roger Lowenstein uses the stories of three deeply encumbered institutions . . . as examples not only of the way most individual Americans conduct their personal finances, but also of how the country as a whole has long lived beyond its means. . . . Gripping.\" \u003cbr\u003e-Phillip Longman, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003eRoger Lowenstein, author of the bestselling \u003ci\u003eBuffett: The Making of an American Capitalist\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWhen Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-term Capital Management\u003c\/i\u003e, reported for the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e for more than a decade and wrote the Journal’s stock market column “Heard on the Street” and also its “Intrinsic Value” column. He now contributes articles and reviews to the Journal and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e and is a columnist for \u003ci\u003eSmartMoney Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Westfield, New Jersey.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44886762094821,"sku":"NP9780143115380","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143115380.jpg?v=1767744098","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/while-america-aged-isbn-9780143115380","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}