A History of Public Sector Pensions in the United States
- ISBN-10
- 0812237145
- ISBN-13
- 9780812237146
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 259
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003-05-12
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Authors
- Lee A. Craig, Robert Louis Clark, Jack W. Wilson
Description
From the Wharton School, offering a comprehensive assessment of the political and financial dimensions of public-sector pensions from the colonial period until the emergence of modern retirement plans in the twentieth century.
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