Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Americans in Financial Crisis -- Chapter 2: Middle-Class and Broke: The Demography of Bankruptcy -- Chapter 3: Unemployed or Underemployed -- Chapter 4: Credit Cards -- Chapter 5: Sickness and Injury -- Chapter...

This volume, part of the TIAA-CREF Institute Series on Higher Education, is based on a national conference convened by the Institute in November 2007. The generational issues that were the focus of the conference raise both risks and opportunities with the potential to profoundly affect our...