TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lowenstein,Roger
TI  - While America aged: how pension debts ruined General Motors, stopped the NYC subways, bankrupted San Diego, and loom as the next financial crisis 
SN  - 9780143115380
AV  - HD7125 L917
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New York
PB  - Penguin Books, USA
KW  - Pensions
KW  - United States
KW  - Finance
KW  - Defined benefit pension plans
KW  - Retirement income
KW  - Investments
KW  - Stocks
KW  - Business education
KW  - Massachusetts
KW  - Business students
KW  - Management
KW  - Study and teaching (Higher)
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -