Praise For When the Good Pensions Go Away
"Thomas Mackell cogently describes the looming crisis in our private sector retirement and health care systems. He passionately calls on our elected leaders to respond with effective and equitable solutions to assure American working families the retirement security they need and deserve." John J. Sweeney, President, AFL-CIO
"Three reasons I can recommend Tom Mackell's book without reservation. He writes with an unbridled passion in support of safe pensions and protective health care. Second, he doesn't only criticize the current situation, he searches for solutions. And third, he doesn't waste time dreaming of unattainable 'pie in the sky' solutions but rather, offers a number of specific steps that will help." Ian Lanoff, Principal, Groom Law Group
"If you have any concern about what the future of retirement looks like, read this book. Tom Mackell has the practical experience as a financial and pension advisor, and the research credentials to go beyond a sound bite, exposing the gaping holes in America's social insurance system that will leave us all worse off." Stephen R. Sleigh, PhD, Principal, The Yucaipa Companies
"Tom Mackell has an acute eye for identifying the seismic shifts that have affected the boomers and their families over the last forty years. This book, assessing the status of pensions and health care, presents a seminal view and should be read by all who care about our nation's future." Ken Dychtwald, PhD, CEO, Age Wave, and author, Age Wave, The Power Years, and Workforce Crisis
"Thomas Mackell has compressed a lifelong commitment to the well-being and retirement security of America's workers into a concise and inspiring call to action to address income inequality and the looming retirement crisis in our country. His call for a new compact between government, business, and labor, and for a new activism and engagement by pension fund trustees and participants to hold the investment management industry to account is the baseline for a lasting solution." Andy Stern, President, Service Employees International Union
