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Millions of older Americans have lost pension benefits promised by their employers. A look at how corporate risk taking, legislation, and the stock market have undermined financial security for retirees
Karen Friedman, policy director, Pension Rights Center
James Klein, president, American Benefits Council
Zvi Bodie, professor, School of Management Finance/Economics, Boston University
By understanding the nation's past, young people will see that American freedom was not inevitable, Cheney argues. She discusses historical lessons and their bearing on current events.
Lynne Cheney, author of "America," "A is for Abigail," and "When Washington Crossed the Delaware." She is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, former chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and wife of Vice President Dick Cheney.
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