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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 Press, 2008.Description: 274 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781594201677
  • 1594201676
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 331.25/240973
LOC classification:
  • HD 7125 L917w 2008
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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.
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.
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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) HD 7125 L917w 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000074415

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

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.

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.

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