Dismantling solidarity : capitalist politics and American pensions since the New Deal

Dismantling solidarity : capitalist politics and American pensions since the New Deal / Michael A. McCarthy.

"Why has old-age security become less solidaristic and increasingly tied to risky capitalist markets? Drawing on rich archival data that covers more than fifty years of American history, Michael A. McCarthy argues that the critical driver was policymakers' reactions to capitalist crises an...

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Main Author: McCarthy, Michael A., 1979- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca ; London : ILR Press, An imprint of Cornell University Press, 2017.
Subjects:
Pensions > Political aspects > United States.
Pensions > Economic aspects > United States.
Pension trusts > United States.
Industrial relations > United States > History.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Industrial relations
Pension trusts
Pensions > Economic aspects
United States
Electronic books.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • The retirement puzzle
  • Capitalist crisis and pension insecurity
  • Reconversion and the origin of bargained plans
  • Turning labor into finance capital
  • Toward the 401(k) ownership society
  • Conclusions.

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