Inventing Retirement. The development of occupational pensions in Britain

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Scholarly account by a business historian dealing with the development of occupational pension schemes, their nature and management, along with the interplay of business, political and social forces that have shaped pension provision from the late 19th century. Includes much about the involvement of the insurance industry, asset management and the pension provision by individual businesses. Organised in two parts: 1] 'The rise of pensioning' - 'Savings, work and old age in Victorian Britain' / 'Rival pioneers of collectivism - pensions, the state and employers, 1899-1927' / 'The insurance challenge, 1927-56' / 'The State - partner or competitor?, 1940-78' / 'Competition and professionalisation - the maturing of the pension market, 1956-79'; 2] 'The shaping of the modern pensions institution' - 'Accident and design in the evolution of pensions' / 'Pensions in peril? - security, solvency and vesting' / 'Designing the benefit structure' / 'Retirement - age discrimination or the fruits of prosperity?'