Retirement on the Rocks

In the US, retirement savings are low while risk exposure is high, thus dooming many retirees to a low standard of living. This book offers straightforward solutions to build real retirement security for American families.

Weller is a frequent talking head on national broadcast and television news, including CNBC, CNN, ABC, NBC, Fox, Bloomberg; radio interviews, including the Diane Rehm show, NPR's On Point, NPR's Market Place, and many others. He has been cited as an expert in including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the LA Times, NewsWeek, USA Today, the Boston Globe Weller is senior Fellow at the Center for American progress, a highly regarded think tank for domestic economic issues, that carries brand name recognition Weller diagnoses the reasons why the middle class is shrinking in the US and what to do about it. It's an issue that will be central in the 2016 campaign as presidential hopefuls compete to convince the American public they can bring back the middle class. We will be pushing this as a publicity title in that period

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Christian E. Weller is Professor of Public Policy at the University of Massachusetts Boston, USA, and Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, USA. He is a prolific author with well over 100 journal articles, edited volumes, book chapters, book reviews, and other publications, in addition to numerous policy reports and briefs. He serves on several editorial boards and is a past member of the executive boards of the Eastern Economic Association and the Labor and Employment Relations Association.

Inhalt

1. The Elusive Goal of a Secure Retirement
2. Americans' Growing Risk Exposure
3. More Risk, Greater Wealth Inequality
4. The Looming Retirement Shipwreck
5. Social Security: The Leaky Life Boat
6. Sink or Swim Retirement Plans
7. A Perfect Storm: Labor and Financial Maker Risks Feed on Each Other
8. The Pitfalls of Employer-Sponsored Retirement
9. Upside-Down Tax Incentives
10. Sidelined: The Millions Who Are Left Out
11. Charting a New Course