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1 online resource (285 pages) |
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| Summary |
When it was first published, What If Boomers Can't Retire? predicted what would happen when boomers switched from buying stocks to selling them for retirement income. Since then-and as predicted by author Thornton Parker-stocks have become less important, prices have declined, corporations have shifted their emphasis from inflating stocks to just surviving, and there is currently a recession in full swing. This book shows that there is a bright side, however. If enough boomers work in their later years and preserve their capital, and if the country improves the way it uses capital, the results. |
| Contents |
Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Beware of Phantom Wealth; PART I: BABY BOOMERS AND THEIR RETIREMENT PLANS; PART II: PHANTOM WEALTH AND ITS EFFECTS; PART III: GUIDING THE FUTURE-YOURS AND SOCIETY'S; Appendixes; Notes; Glossary; Index; About the Author. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Retirement income -- Planning.
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Stocks -- Prices -- Social aspects.
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Financial security.
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Baby boom generation -- Economic aspects.
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Revenu de retraite -- Planification. |
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Actions (Titres de société) -- Prix -- Aspect social. |
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Sécurité financière. |
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Génération du baby-boom -- Aspect économique. |
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Baby boom generation -- Economic conditions |
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Financial security |
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Retirement income -- Planning |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Parker, Thornton. What If Boomers Can't Retire? : How to Build Real Security, Not Phantom Wealth. San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, ©2002 9781576752494 |
| ISBN |
9781605098081 (electronic bk.) |
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1605098086 (electronic bk.) |
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9781609944056 (electronic bk.) |
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1609944054 (electronic bk.) |
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(acid-free paper) |
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(acid-free paper) |
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(pbk.) |
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(pbk.) |
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9786613268754 |
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6613268755 |
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