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The clash of generations : saving ourselves, our kids, and our economy / Laurence J. Kotlikoff and Scott Burns.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, c2012.Description: 275 p. ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780262016728 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 330.973
LOC classification:
  • HC 106.83 K87c 2012
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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,
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HC 106.83 K87c 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000107586

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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,

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