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Record Nr.

UNINA9910806173303321

Autore

Hacker Jacob S

Titolo

Great Risk Shift : The Assault on American Jobs, Families, Health Care and Retirement and How You Can Fight Back

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford University Press, USA, 2006

ISBN

0-19-972663-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (255 p.)

Disciplina

330.973

Soggetti

Economic security

Economic security - United States

Business & Economics

Labor & Workers' Economics

United States Economic conditions

United States Social policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Introduction: On the Edge; 1 The New Economic Insecurity; 2 Risking It All; 3 Risky Jobs; 4 Risky Families; 5 Risky Retirement; 6 Risky Health Care; Conclusion: Securing the Future; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Sommario/riassunto

America's leaders say the economy is strong and getting stronger. But ordinary Americans aren't buying it. They see what the rosy statistics hide: We are all struggling under the weight of terrifying economic instability. No matter how well educated and hard working we are, we know that the bottom can fall out at any moment. Meanwhile, the safety net that once protected us is fast unraveling. With retirement plans in growing jeopardy while health coverage erodes, more and more economic risk is shifting from government and business onto the fragile shoulders of the American family.  In The Grea