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This chapter briefly reviews the gradual evolution of state pensions. It records the failure of policy makers to construct an agreed supplementary pension system and the late adoption of an auto-enrolment strategy. The chapter also shows the influence of neo-liberal ideas on pension policy and how policy-makers reduce entitlements through recalibration and obfuscation.
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McCashin, A. (2019). The State Pension: Layering and Retrenchment. In: Continuity and Change in the Welfare State. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96779-0_9
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