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Waiting on retirement : aging and economic insecurity in low-wage work / Mary Gatta.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gatta, Mary Lizabeth, 1972- author.
- Series:
- Studies in social inequality
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Restaurants--Employees--Retirement--United States.
- Restaurants.
- Restaurants--United States--Employees--Economic conditions.
- Retirement--Economic aspects--United States.
- Retirement.
- Working poor--Retirement--United States.
- Working poor.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (179 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- A safe and secure retirement is increasingly out of reach for as much as half of the American population. Taking the lives of restaurant workers as a case study to dive deep into the lived experiences of low wage workers at various stages of life, Mary Gatta warns us that the trends that have already eliminated retirement for so many Americans show no signs of changing course, and she ultimately offers incisive commentary on what can be done to stave off this bleak future.
- Contents:
- The new normal
- The fast money trap
- Aging in low wage work
- Retiring in a coffin
- Crisis or come together.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-5036-0741-0
- OCLC:
- 1198931737
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