Product Description: The events of 9/11 prompted questions as to the origins, nature and purpose of international jihadist organisations. In particular, why had they chosen to target the US and the West in general? Turner's book provides a unique, holistic insight into these debates, taking into account historical perceptions and ideology as key factors...read more

Product Description: Examines the interaction of social security and pensions in several nations.

Product Description: Muir and Turner gather an international roster of pension experts who present what they think would be the ideal pension systems for their countries and why. Those countries include the United States, the UK, Ireland, Denmark, Germany, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Poland, and Japan...read more

The life expectancy of Americans continues to increase, and each day 12,000 baby boomers turn 50, expanding the ranks of our older population while ramping up the pressure on public and private retirement programs. At the same time, public policy has failed to keep pace with the challenges this aging population brings of how to pay for the living costs of those added years; many of our current social policies and employee benefit policies were designed during an era when people had shorter life spans. In Longevity Policy: Facing Up to Longevity Issues Affecting Social Security, Pensions, and Older Workers, John A. Turner addresses these policy issues and makes the case that longevity policy should be recognized as a distinct area - as we do now for climate change. Instead of treating issues relating to older age, Social Security, and pensions separately, we need to recognize the interrelationships among these areas and adopt a unified approach toward policy. Doing so, Turner argues, would make for much more effective and efficient policymaking. Turner begins the book by documenting the overall increase in life expectancy, the ensuing distributional issues observed in the United States diverse population, other related demographic changes, and the costs associated with increased longevity. The remainder of the book is divided into four parts: 1) issues relating to the labor market for older workers, including changes in the health of older workers and in the job requirements by employers; 2) an examination of how Social Security policy is affected by increasing life expectancy, and a proposal for a new benefit that Turner dubs "longevity insurance;" 3) a look at how private pension policy is affected by increasing life expectancy, including issues for 401(k) plans and defined benefit plans; and 4) a set of five policy recommendations based on an integrated approach to solving the problems arising from increased life expectancy. Turner not only makes the case for a number of distinct policies, he goes further, expressing the need for a package of complementary longevity policies. These policies would reinforce one another in accomplishing several things: they would help encourage work at older ages, move Social Security toward solvency, provide more efficient targeting of Social Security benefits, increase annuitization of 401(k) accounts, and encourage employers to offer defined benefit plans to their workers. Taken together, Turner argues, they would facilitate the adjustment of workers and pension systems to the costs and benefits of a longer life.

Product Description: Turner identifies the current problems facing pension policy for U.S. employer-provided pension plans and recommends solutions to those problems based on his examination of pension systems in other industrialized nations.

Product Description: Book annotation not available for this title.Title: Individual Accounts for Social Security ReformAuthor: Turner, John A.Publisher: W E Upjohn Inst forPublication Date: 2005/12/01Number of Pages: 195Binding Type: PAPERBACKLibrary of Congress: 2005028378

Product Description: Turner begins with a thorough introduction of the concept of individual accounts, including voluntary and mandatory add-on accounts and voluntry and mandatory carve-out accounts. He discusses issues central to the social security reform debate - including how risk relates to individual accounts and the implementation and success of individual accounts in numerous countries around the world...read more

Product Description: Addressing a previously ignored area, this text analyses two converging factors: globalisation and Korean foreign direct investment policy. It looks at the emergence of the Korean government's globalisation objectives, and at the response of the chaebol, the business groups that brought about their country's rapid industrialisation...read more

Product Description: The contributors to this book examine whether U.S or Canadian workers face more job-related risks, and whether risk-bearing differs by country. Specific topics explored include employee wages and benefits, health insurance, social security, pensions, and workers' compensation. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Book by Turner, John A., Watanabe, Noriyasu

Product Description: Book by Turner, John A., Doescher, Tabitha A., Fernandez, Phyllis A.