Pension Policy: The Search for Better Solutions

摘要

For a subject as complex and intricate as pension policy, this new book by John Turner is a cogent and concise review of a core set of pension issues, how public policy in this country has addressed those issues, how they have been handled elsewhere, and what changes in policy might be appropriate or might succeed in improving pension outcomes. The author starts with the assumption that the U.S. pension system is in a state of decline and needs fixing. He claims that the U.S. pension system performs poorly by international standards-it leaves more people in poverty, has lower participation rates, does not offer guaranteed income to enough workers, and does not protect workers' pension benefits if they change jobs.