Boomergeddon: How Runaway Deficits Will Bankrupt the Country and Ruin Retirement for Aging Baby Boomers - And What You Can Do About It

by James A. Bacon Jr.

Overview

Driven by uncontrolled deficit spending, a mounting national debt and rising interest rates on that debt, the U.S. government will go into default within the next 20 to 30 years. The resulting crisis will change the political landscape beyond recognition. It will mean the end of American empire, and it will shred the retirement safety net for tens of millions of Boomers and the generations that follow. "Boomergeddon" details how runaway health care costs and a global shift from capital surplus to capital shortages will create a death spiral of mounting national debt, rising interest rates and soaring debt payments. The author also explains how partisan gridlock and the power of the entrenched political class in Washington, D.C., will thwart the painful changes needed to return the country to fiscal sustainability. The final chapters give Boomers a primer on how to survive Boomergeddon and, if they want to undertake the herculean task, how to avert it.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781892538536
Publisher:	Oaklea Press, The
Publication date:	08/01/2010
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

An award-winning business journalist, the author worked 16 years at Virginia Business magazine as editor and then publisher. He subsequently launched Bacon's Rebellion, a public policy newsletter and blog, and then joined the Boomer Project, a market research firm specializing in marketing to Baby Boomers. Now he contributes to Generational Advisor, a publication that provides generational perspectives to financial advisors.