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Retirement Heist: How Companies Plunder and Profit from the Nest Eggs of American Workers

Author:  EllenE. Schultz

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Retirement Heist: How Companies Plunder and Profit from the Nest Eggs of American Workers

English

ISBN: 1101446072

EAN: 9781101446072

Category: Business & Economics / General/Business & Economics / Human Resources & Personnel Management/

Publisher: Portfolio

Release Date: 09/15/2011

Age Range: 18-null

Synopsis:

Winner of the 2012 Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism
 
Hundreds of companies have slashed pensions and health coverage for millions of retirees, claiming that a “perfect storm” of stock market losses, aging workers, and spiraling costs have forced them to take drastic measures.
 
But this so-called retirement crisis is no accident. Ellen E. Schultz, an award-winning investigative reporter formerly of The Wall Street Journal, reveals how large employers and the retirement industry have all played a huge and hidden role in the death spiral of American pensions and benefits.

A little over a decade ago, pension plans were fat. But companies used slick accounting and dubious loopholes to turn their pension plans into piggy banks, tax shelters, and profit centers. As pensions weakened, companies slashed benefits for workers while doling out gargantuan pensions to their top executives.
 
Drawing on original analysis of company data, government filings, and confidential memos, Schultz uncovers decades of widespread deception during which employers exaggerated their retiree burdens while tricking employees, misleading shareholders, and lobbying for taxpayer handouts.

Awards: Helen Bernstein Book Award – null 

Retirement Heist: How Companies Plunder and Profit from the Nest Eggs of American Workers

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Format: eBook - EPUB

Pages: 256