New Deal for Old Age: Toward a Progressive Retirement

by Anne Alstott and Anne L. Alstott

As America's haves and have-nots drift further apart, rising inequality has undermined one of the nation's proudest social achievements: the Social Security retirement system. Unprecedented changes in longevity, marriage, and the workplace have made the experience of old age increasingly unequal. For educated Americans, the traditional retirement age of 65 now represents late middle age. These lucky ones typically do not face serious impediments...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674088751
• ISBN13: 9780674088757
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.9" x 9.1"