Anne L. Alstott is the Jacquin D. Bierman Professor at the Yale Law School and author of A New Deal for Old Age and No Exit, among other books. She has written or cowritten pieces for the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and Huffington Post, and has appeared on the public radio programs Marketplace and On Point.
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