Pensions /

This book provides a much-needed introductory guide to the issues surrounding pension policy and offers a critique of some of the dominant ideas and assumptions. Noting the intense debate that currently surrounds the subject, the book explores a wider view of the continuing issues about pension poli...

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Main Author: Hill, Michael J. (Michael James), 1937-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bristol [England] : Policy Press, 2007.
Series:Policy and politics in the twenty-first century.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Pensions; Contents; List of tables and figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; Glossary; 1. Introduction: pension policy aims and pathways; 2. UK pensions policies:a historical account; 3. Pension scheme adequacy; 4. Alternative pension models; 5. Pension age and retirement age; 6. The alleged 'demographic timebomb'; 7. Facing the future:the funding obsession; 8. Pension reform; References; Index.