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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 / Roger Lowenstein.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Penguin Books, USA, 2009.Description: 274 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780143115380
  • 0143115383
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HD7125 L917
  • J33e 2009
Contents:
Introduction -- Who owns General Motors? -- Walter Reuther and the Treaty of Detroit -- The anti-Reuther -- An entitled class -- On strike! -- Finest city -- Pension plot -- The bill comes due -- Conclusion : the way out.
Summary: A call-to-action evaluation of the economic dangers being posed by the retiring generation's pensions and health-care needs offers sobering insight into how pensions work in America and why they are threatening major companies and public institutions.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Copy number Status Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HD7125 L917 | J33e 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 3 1 Available 00000076871

Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-266) and index.

Introduction -- Who owns General Motors? -- Walter Reuther and the Treaty of Detroit -- The anti-Reuther -- An entitled class -- On strike! -- Finest city -- Pension plot -- The bill comes due -- Conclusion : the way out.

A call-to-action evaluation of the economic dangers being posed by the retiring generation's pensions and health-care needs offers sobering insight into how pensions work in America and why they are threatening major companies and public institutions.

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