How to avoid a fiscal crisis in the next generation- and how to protect yourself if the government acts too late: policy recommendations and individual strategies to protect against skyrocketing tax rates, drastically reduced health and retirement benefits, high inflation, and a ruined currency.
Laurence J. Kotlikoff, one of the nation's leading experts on fiscal policy, national saving, and personal finance and a columnist for Bloomberg, is Professor of Economics at Boston University. His writings and views appear in
Forbes, the
Economist, the
Financial Times, the
Wall Street Journal, the
New York Times, and other leading media outlets.
Scott Burns's personal finance column has been nationally syndicated since 1981.