Retirement and Its Discontents: Why We Won't Stop Working, Even If We Can

by Michelle Silver

In the popular imagination, retirement promises a well-deserved rest--idle days spent traveling, volunteering, pursuing hobbies, or just puttering around the house. But as the nature of work has changed, becoming not just a means of income but a major source of personal identity, many accomplished professionals struggle with discontentment in their retirement. What are we to do--individually and as a culture--when work and life experience make...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231188560
• ISBN13: 9780231188562
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 8.6"