Evolving Pension System

<DIV><P>The Evolving Pension System examines the foundations and the future of the private pension system. It provides a broad overview of the underlying assumptions characteristics and effects of existing pension policy as well as alternative views on how public policy toward pensions should evolve in the future. Contributors include Robert Clark (North Carolina State University) Eric Engen (Federal Reserve Board) William G. Gale (Brookings Institution) Theodore Groom (Groom Law Group Chartered) Daniel Halperin (Harvard) Alicia Munnell (Boston College) Leslie Papke (Michigan State University) Joseph Quinn (Boston College) Sylvester Schieber (Watson Wyatt) John B. Shoven (Stanford) and Jack Vanderhei (Temple University and EBRI). William G. Gale is the Joseph A. Pechman Fellow in the Economic Studies program at the Brookings Institution. John B. Shoven is Charles R. Schwab Professor at Stanford University. Mark J. Warshawsky is director of research at the TIAA-CREF Institute.</P></DIV>