European Pensions & Global Finance (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780199253647)

This book is about the demographic and funding crises that threaten continental European systems of pension and retirement income. The author argues that state-sponsored social security will not deliver promised retirement incomes for the baby-boom generation; European monetary union and the imperatives of global finance has made such promises untenable thereby undercutting nation-state social solidarity. Globalization has set many challenges for European countries not least of which is providing pension security for theory citizens. At the same time, global finance has opened-up options for corporations and individuals seeking alternatives to the past; but exercising those opportunities will come at a high cost for European notions of social justice.

Author: Gordon L. Clark
ISBN-10: 0199253641
ISBN-13: 9780199253647
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/27/2003
Pages: 268
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 9.14h x 6.35w x 0.56d