{"product_id":"9781440639401","title":"While America Aged: How Pension Debts Ruined General Motors, Stopped the NYC Subways, Bankrupted San Diego, and Loom as the Next Financial Crisis","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe retirement crisis facing America-and the road map for a way out-from \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eOrigins of the Crash\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In the last several decades, corporations and local governments made ruinous pension and healthcare promises to American workers. With these now coming due, they threaten to destroy twenty-first- century America's hopes for a comfortable retirement. With his trademark narrative panache, bestselling author Roger Lowenstein analyzes three fascinating case studies-General Motors, the New York City subway system, and the city of San Diego-each an object lesson and a compelling historical saga that illuminates how the pension crisis developed. Cumulative retirement deficits are approaching $1 trillion, and Lowenstein warns that these are only the first. Retirement pensions will continue to be a critical issue as the country ages, and While America Aged is the urgent call to action and prescription for reform.","brand":"Temple Publications International, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47154370117872,"sku":"9781440639401","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781440639401_p0.jpg?v=1763791418","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781440639401","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}