Older and Wiser: The Economics of Public Pensions

by Lawrence Thompson and Thompson

The author explores the critical economic issues underlying national pension systems, including the impact of pensions on a nation's economy, the fiscal dynamics of different pension approaches, and the challenges involved in providing adequate retirement incomes. He concludes that some aspects of the effort to reform the traditional defined-benefit, pay-as-you-go social security program deserve to be taken seriously, but others are either unsupported...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0877666792
• ISBN13: 9780877666790
• Release Date: June 1998
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.9"