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Shaky financial ground awaits many American retirees

The burden of long-term economic security in the United States is moving away from employers and the government onto the shoulders of workers -- a transformation that Yale University political scientist Jacob Hacker calls "The Great Risk Shift." The latest issue of Public Policy & Aging Report tackles the surrounding issues that older Americans will now face.

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