Pension Power - Unions, Pension Funds, and Social Investment in Canada (Hardcover, New)

Canadian pension fund assets are second in size only to the combined financial assets of the major banks and have become a critical source of capital for national and international markets. Given their tax-exempt status, pension funds can provide the long-term capital needed to build a new economy based on real productivity. The funds are controlled by an intricate web of financial and legal standards but, as deferred wages, are largely beyond the control of workers or their unions. In Pension Power, Isla Carmichael argues that unions could<->and should<->have a new role to play in the economy by gaining control over their members' pension funds. She demonstrates how the financial industry's access to the capital goes against the interests of working people, and she provides convincing evidence that union management of pensions would better protect benefits and offer support in building infrastructure in communities and protecting the environment. This is a work of singular commitment to a fundamental shift in the structure of managing one of Canada's largest pools of capital.

General

Imprint:	University of Toronto Press
Country of origin:	Canada
Release date:	October 2005
First published:	2005
Authors:	Isla Carmichael
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - With dust jacket
Pages:	225
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-8020-3647-6
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Finance & accounting > Finance > Investment & securities > General Books > Money & Finance > Investment & securities > General Promotions
LSN:	0-8020-3647-3
Barcode:	9780802036476

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