The clash of generations : saving ourselves, our kids, and our economy / Laurence J. Kotlikoff and Scott Burns.
By: Kotlikoff, Laurence J
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Contributor(s): Burns, Scott.
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TextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, c2012Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.Description: 275 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780262016728 (hardcover : alk. paper); 0262016729 (hardcover : alk. paper).Subject(s): Budget deficits -- United States | Generational accounting -- United States | Fiscal policy -- United States | United States -- Economic conditions -- 21st centuryDDC classification: 330.973 Online resources: Table of contents | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 330.973 K848 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003709383 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 authors contend that the United States is bankrupt, due to accounting that would make Enron blush. Documents six-decades of off-balance-sheets and unsustainable financing schemes.
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