{"product_id":"new-deal-for-old-age-toward-a-progressive-retirement-9780674088757","title":"New Deal for Old Age: Toward a Progressive Retirement","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs America's haves and have-nots drift further apart, rising inequality has undermined one of the nation's proudest social achievements: the Social Security retirement system. Unprecedented changes in longevity, marriage, and the workplace have made the experience of old age increasingly unequal. For educated Americans, the traditional retirement age of 65 now represents late middle age. These lucky ones typically do not face serious impediments to employment or health until their mid-70s or even later. By contrast, many poorly educated earners confront obstacles of early disability, limited job opportunities, and unemployment before they reach age 65.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmerica's system for managing retirement is badly out of step with these realities. Enacted in the 1930s, Social Security reflects a time when most workers were men who held steady jobs until retirement at 65 and remained married for life. The program promised a dignified old age for rich and poor alike, but today that egalitarian promise is failing. Anne L. Alstott makes the case for a progressive program that would permit all Americans to retire between 62 and 76 but would provide more generous early retirement benefits for workers with low wages or physically demanding jobs. She also proposes a more equitable version of the outdated spousal benefit and a new phased retirement option to permit workers to transition out of the workforce gradually.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA New Deal for Old Age\u003c\/i\u003e offers a pragmatic and principled agenda for renewing America's most successful and popular social welfare program.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anne L. Alstott\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/08\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 5.90w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674088757\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlstott, Anne L.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Anne L. Alstott is the Jacquin D. Bierman Professor at Yale Law School and author of \u003ci\u003eA New Deal for Old Age\u003c\/i\u003e, among other books. She has won her school's top teaching award five times in her twenty-six-year career. She has written or cowritten pieces for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHuffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e, and has appeared on the public radio programs \u003ci\u003eMarketplace\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOn Point\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44233570451571,"sku":"9.78067E+12","price":79.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_b1ed84e1-c902-429d-a029-0f42d8f0af3f.jpg?v=1768743862","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/new-deal-for-old-age-toward-a-progressive-retirement-9780674088757","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}