The clash of generations : saving ourselves, our kids, and our economy /
Kotlikoff, Laurence J.
The clash of generations : saving ourselves, our kids, and our economy / Laurence J. Kotlikoff and Scott Burns. - Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, c2012. - 275 p. ill. ; 25 cm.
Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice.
Prologue : the last straw -- The United States is bankrupt -- Catastrophic success -- Living beyond our children's means -- Economic fallout -- Beatings without bruises -- Does it pay to grow up? -- The war on our children -- Unsafe at any speed -- Getting to yes -- There must be some way out of here -- Time to retire -- Becoming our own solution -- The power of ordinary living -- Conclusion -- the coming generational storm -- Bibliographical references -- Index.
The United States is bankrupt, flat broke. Thanks to accounting that would make Enron blush, America's insolvency goes far beyond what our leaders are disclosing. The United States is a fiscal basket case, in worse shape than the notoriously bailed-out countries of Greece, Ireland, and others. How did this happen? In The Clash of Generations, experts Laurence Kotlikoff and Scott Burns document our six-decade,
9780262016728 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2011040596
Primera Jornada de Catalogacion.
Economía--Estados Unidos--Siglos XXI.
Budget deficits--United States.
Generational accounting--United States.
Fiscal policy--United States.
United States--Economic conditions--21st century.
Estados Unidos--Condiciones económicas--Siglos XXI.
Estados Unidos--Industrias--Siglos XXI
United States--Economic conditions--21st century.
HC 106.83 / K87c 2012
330.973
The clash of generations : saving ourselves, our kids, and our economy / Laurence J. Kotlikoff and Scott Burns. - Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, c2012. - 275 p. ill. ; 25 cm.
Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice.
Prologue : the last straw -- The United States is bankrupt -- Catastrophic success -- Living beyond our children's means -- Economic fallout -- Beatings without bruises -- Does it pay to grow up? -- The war on our children -- Unsafe at any speed -- Getting to yes -- There must be some way out of here -- Time to retire -- Becoming our own solution -- The power of ordinary living -- Conclusion -- the coming generational storm -- Bibliographical references -- Index.
The United States is bankrupt, flat broke. Thanks to accounting that would make Enron blush, America's insolvency goes far beyond what our leaders are disclosing. The United States is a fiscal basket case, in worse shape than the notoriously bailed-out countries of Greece, Ireland, and others. How did this happen? In The Clash of Generations, experts Laurence Kotlikoff and Scott Burns document our six-decade,
9780262016728 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2011040596
Primera Jornada de Catalogacion.
Economía--Estados Unidos--Siglos XXI.
Budget deficits--United States.
Generational accounting--United States.
Fiscal policy--United States.
United States--Economic conditions--21st century.
Estados Unidos--Condiciones económicas--Siglos XXI.
Estados Unidos--Industrias--Siglos XXI
United States--Economic conditions--21st century.
HC 106.83 / K87c 2012
330.973