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1 online resource (285 pages) |
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text file |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Retirement income -- Planning.
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Retirement income -- Planning. |
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Stocks -- Prices -- Social aspects.
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Stocks -- Prices. |
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Social aspects. |
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Financial security.
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Financial security. |
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Baby boom generation -- Economic aspects.
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Baby boom generation -- Economic conditions. |
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Baby boom generation. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| 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 book |
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1605098086 electronic book |
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9781609944056 electronic book |
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1609944054 electronic book |
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1283268752 |
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9781283268752 |
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1576751120 (acid-free paper) |
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9781576751121 (acid-free paper) |
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1576752496 (paperback) |
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9781576752494 (paperback) |
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