Great 401 (k) Hoax Why Your Family's Financial Security Is at Risk, and What You Can Do about It

Name: Great 401 (k) Hoax Why Your Family's Financial Security Is at Risk, and What You Can Do about It
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ISBN: 9780738208527

ISBN-10: 0738208523

ISBN-13: 9780738208527

Edition: Reprint

Authors: William Wolman, Anne Colamosca

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According to award winning journalists William Wolman and Anne Colamosca, the American public was hoodwinked: 401(k)s were established to satisfy corporations, not the interests of working Americans. As they convincingly demonstrate, this was the latest act in the gradual erosion of the nation's retirement system. Drawing from reams of historical and contemporary data as well as economic, social, and political trends, they reveal its troubled 100-year history. Beyond exposing the hoax, the authors urge everyone to take charge of their investment portfolio and recommend new strategies for beating Wall Street at its own game. Timely and incisive, The Great 401(k) Hoax is guaranteed to inspire…

Book details

List price: $21.99
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 4/3/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.02" wide x 8.98" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.726
Language: English



Acknowledgments



Straddling Two Eras



Introduction



The Anatomy of a Hoax



"Family Values": How the Hoax Was Perpetrated



The Lessons of History



Rhyming the 1990s with the 1920s: Politics and Culture



Rhyming the 1990s with the 1920s: Economic Comparisons



The Postmillennial "Hangover": Why the 2000s Will Feel Like the Brave New World's Version of the 1930s



The Elusive Search for Family Security



Power Play: The Attack on Social Security



Pension Power: Who Has It, How They Got It, and How It's Used Against the Family



Beating Wall Street at Its Own Game



Stillwater Investing: Drowning Out the Noise



Stillwater Investing: The Positive Program



The Political Agenda: De-Hoaxing the 401(k)


Afterword


Notes


Index