La « grande récession américaine » de 2007, les retraites et le « rêve américain »

Starting with the 2001 recession in the United States, an increasing number of workers reaching the age of retirement have continued to work, and this trend has been confirmed and accentuated during the 2007 recession, inaugurating the “US Great recession”, so that the oxymoron “working retirement”...

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Main Author: Olivier Frayssé
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institut des Amériques
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/ideas/947
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description Starting with the 2001 recession in the United States, an increasing number of workers reaching the age of retirement have continued to work, and this trend has been confirmed and accentuated during the 2007 recession, inaugurating the “US Great recession”, so that the oxymoron “working retirement” has become commonplace, while the trend towards lower anticipations concerning retirement, which was first observed in 1980, has accelerated. By examining the connection between the issue of retirement and the realities underlying the notion of American dream, one understands the extent to which the current crisis, a consequence of the end of the Fordist compromise, also involves a crisis in the national culture.
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spellingShingle Olivier Frayssé
La « grande récession américaine » de 2007, les retraites et le « rêve américain »
IdeAs
2007 recession
“Great recession”
retirement
pensions
“American Dream”
work and labor
title La « grande récession américaine » de 2007, les retraites et le « rêve américain »
title_full La « grande récession américaine » de 2007, les retraites et le « rêve américain »
title_fullStr La « grande récession américaine » de 2007, les retraites et le « rêve américain »
title_full_unstemmed La « grande récession américaine » de 2007, les retraites et le « rêve américain »
title_short La « grande récession américaine » de 2007, les retraites et le « rêve américain »
title_sort la grande recession americaine de 2007 les retraites et le reve americain
topic 2007 recession
“Great recession”
retirement
pensions
“American Dream”
work and labor
url https://journals.openedition.org/ideas/947
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