The decline in saving a threat to America's prosperity? / [electronic resource] :
Barry P. Bosworth.
- Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution, c2011.
- p. ;.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Measuring saving -- Why don't americans save? -- Global saving patterns -- Consequences of low saving.
"Examines the decline in saving in the United States over the past quarter-century. Is it a statistical artifact of the official measure of saving? Why don't Americans save? What are the consequences for economic growth, the performance of the aggregate economy, and policy goals?"--Provided by publisher.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.