Banking on Death: Or, Investing in Life: The History and Future of Pensions

Banking on Death: Or, Investing in Life: The History and Future of Pensions

by RobinBlackburn (Author)

Synopsis

This text offers a panoramic view of the history and future of pension provision. It traces the origins and development of the pension idea, from the days of the French Revolution to the troubles of the modern welfare state.

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 560
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: Verso Books
Published: 10 Jan 2004

ISBN 10: 185984409X
ISBN 13: 9781859844090

Media Reviews
One of the best books I have read on pension funds. - Independent Blackburn does an excellent job of tracing recent developments. - Economist In stormy waters and under darkening skies, Banking on Death stands like a lighthouse, providing a beam of orientation on a solid rock of research. - Goran Therborn Blackburn is particularly good at disentangling the different dynamics that make the pensions problem so intractable for mature, aging economies. - Sir Howard Davis, Director, FSA, Guardian ...required reading for all those interested in the pensions industry. That is, all of us. - Barry Marshall, Public Service Review: Finance This is an important and disturbing book. Blackburn is a master of the complexities of pension provision. He unsettles belief in a commercial fix to the challenge of social insurance. -- Richard Sennett Plenty of food for thought --Times Literary Supplement If Karl Marx were alive today, he would be in the British Library devouring everything he could find on pension funds: the new fuel of global capitalism. Robin Blackburn has read everything, and in this urgent and brilliant book, proposes a new strategy that unites workers of the world around the democratic control of their savings. -- Mike Davis Timely and important reading. - Kevin Phillips, Los Angeles Times
Author Bio
Robin Blackburn teaches social history and political economy at the University of Essex in the UK and the New School University in New York and is and editor of New Left Review.