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Author Gatta, Mary Lizabeth, 1972- author.

Title Waiting on retirement : aging and economic insecurity in low-wage work / Mary Gatta.

Publication Info. Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 152 pages).
text file
Series Studies in social inequality
Studies in social inequality.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The new normal -- The fast money trap -- Aging in low wage work -- Retiring in a coffin -- Crisis or come together.
Summary A safe and secure retirement is increasingly out of reach for as much as half of the American population. Taking the lives of restaurant workers as a case study to dive deep into the lived experiences of low wage workers at various stages of life, Mary Gatta warns us that the trends that have already eliminated retirement for so many Americans show no signs of changing course, and she ultimately offers incisive commentary on what can be done to stave off this bleak future.
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Subject Retirement -- Economic aspects -- United States.
Retirement -- Economic aspects.
United States.
Working poor -- Retirement -- United States.
Working poor.
Retirement.
Restaurants -- Employees -- Retirement -- United States.
Restaurants -- Employees.
Restaurants -- United States -- Employees -- Economic conditions.
Restaurants.
Employees.
Economic conditions.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Gatta, Mary Lizabeth, 1972- Waiting on retirement. Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2018 9780804799959 (DLC) 2018009498
ISBN 9781503607415 (electronic book)
1503607410 (electronic book)
9780804799959 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)