Introduction: retirement security in the Great Recession / Christian E. Weller -- Prelude to a RIF: older workers, part-time hours, and unemployment / Jeremy Reynolds and Jeffrey B. Wenger -- The impact of the housing crash in the wealth of the Baby Boom cohorts / David Rosnick and Dean Baker -- What will happen to retirement income for 401(k) participants after the market decline? / Jack VanDerhei -- Did retirees save enough to compensate for the increase in individual risk exposure? / Christian E. Weller -- Early retiree and near-elderly health insurance in recession / Elise Gould and Alexander Hertel-Fernandez -- The (interconnected) reasons elder Americans file consumer bankruptcy / Deborah Thorne -- Reforming retirement: values and self-interest drive support for policy reform in opposite directions / David Madland -- How to supplement social security fairly and effectively / Teresa Ghilarducci.
