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Verlagstext:Banking on Death offers a panoramic view of the history and future of pension provision. A work of unique scope, 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. As we live longer, employers are closing their pension schemes and many claim that public treasuries will not be able to cope with the retirement of the babyboomers. Banking on Death analyses the challenge facing public schemes and the malfunctioning of private retirement provision, concluding with a bold proposal for how to pay for decent pensions for all. / AUS DEM INHALT: / / / Introduction : 'It's pensions, stupid' The Baroque and the Puritan : a short history of pension provision Pension funds and the returns to grey capital Pension funds and 'Anglo-Saxon economics' The global drive to commodify pensions Carrot and stick reform : implicity privatisation in the UK US Social Security : tax farmers besiege the citadel The paradoxes of privatisation and the new pension panic Conclusion : good pensions and responsible accumulation/