New book: RETIREMENT HEIST by Ellen Schultz

An investigative reporter reveals what the retirement industry does with pensions, benefitsDear Journalist: It’s no secret that hundreds of companies have been slashing pensions and health coverage earned by millions of retirees. Employers blame an aging workforce, stock market losses, and spiraling costs— what they call “a perfect storm” of external forces that has forced them to take drastic measures. But this so-called retirement crisis is no accident. In RETIREMENT HEIST: How Companies Plunder and Profit from the Nest Eggs of American Workers (Portfolio; September 15, 2011;