The great majority of working Americans are unprepared to face the difficult task of planning for retirement. In fact, the personal savings rate has been holding steady at zero for several years, down from 8 percent in the mid-1980s. Overcoming the Saving Slump explores the many challenges...

Analyses in the Economics of Aging summarizes a massive amount of new research on several popular and less-examined topics pertaining to the relationship between economics and aging. Among the many themes explored in this volume, considerable attention is given to new research on retirement...

"Reboot Hiring outlines for leaders and managers that successful hiring starts or fails at the kick-off meeting, and a little more time and partnership at the start saves time, money, and hassle. In the noise, distraction and transparency created by 5.3 billion internet users, managers and...

The 2007–9 financial crisis threatened economic disaster on a scale not seen since the Great Depression, but rapid state action prevented the widely feared devastation. The German response was considerably more generous to banks than the American or British bailouts. Drawing on interviews and...

Dieses Buch zeigt neue Wege zur Ausgestaltung der Einkommens- und Unternehmensbesteuerung auf. Die ökonomischen Konsequenzen der vorgeschlagenen Konzepte werden anhand von Simulationsrechnungen für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland dargestellt. Untersuchungsgegenstand ist hierbei zum einen die...

This books explores the international aspects of pension reform, private savings and volatile capital markets and clarifies how they relate to each other. Building the case for the pension-improving benefits of global asset diversification, analysing the implications of financial reform for...

Statistical Issues: Forecasting World Output: the Rising Importance of Emerging Asia -- Macroeconomic Developments in China: The Statistical Challenges -- Technical Efficiency and Governance: The Case of China -- Demographic Changes, Urbanization and Household Savings: Demographic Trends and...