Book excerpt: A confluence of forcesfrom four million new retirees each year, massive government debt and unsustainable deficits, a still-broken financial system, and a global economic slowdownpower the retirement storm. Its unknown magnitude and duration will overwhelm the current retirement system. New retirees sense the approaching storm. Seventy-five percent state that they arent prepared to manage the twenty to thirty years they will spend in retirement. Fifty-four percent fear outliving their money. How to Survive the Coming Retirement Storm helps readers navigate the gap between the old, broken system, and the yet-to-be-defined new system. It offers readers a new perspective on the new retirement environment and the tools to guide them to safety.