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Legacy costs is a term formed by analogy with the computer industry's legacy systems. Legacy costs are those incurred by an organization (whether corporation or city) in prior years under different leadership or when the entity's priorities and resources were different. While it can refer to other commitments (particularly existing infrastructure) as well, it primarily refers to obligations to pay health care costs and pensions under defined-benefit plans for current employees and retirees, usually incurred during the labor peace era after World War II. Legacy costs are widely credited ^{[by whom?]} with handicapping American auto manufacturers and central cities, and older airlines worldwide, diminishing their competitiveness.^{[citation needed]} Organized labor sees such criticisms as part of a desire to abandon any form of social contract between worker and employer.^{[citation needed]}

Newer, less-established entities have few or no problems with legacy costs, because they have less pension and health care liabilities (this applies to new suburbs, for example, as well as new companies), and are therefore able to out-compete (in some cases) the older entities.

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-'''Legacy costs''' is a term formed by analogy with the computer industry's [[legacy systems]]. Legacy costs are those incurred by an organization (whether [[corporation]] or [[city]]) in prior years under different leadership or when the entity's priorities and resources were different. While it can refer to other commitments (particularly existing [[infrastructure]]) as well, it primarily refers to obligations to pay health care costs and [[pensions]] under [[defined-benefit pension|defined-benefit]] plans for current employees and retirees, usually incurred during the labor peace era after [[World War II]]. Legacy costs are widely credited with handicapping American [[Automaker|auto manufacturers]] and [[Central City|central cities]], and older [[airline]]s worldwide, diminishing their competitiveness.{{Citation needed|date=June 2010}}  [[Organized labor]] sees such criticisms as part of a desire to abandon any form of [[social contract]] between worker and employer.
+'''Legacy costs''' is a term formed by analogy with the computer industry's [[legacy systems]]. Legacy costs are those incurred by an organization (whether [[corporation]] or [[city]]) in prior years under different leadership or when the entity's priorities and resources were different. While it can refer to other commitments (particularly existing [[infrastructure]]) as well, it primarily refers to obligations to pay health care costs and [[pensions]] under [[defined-benefit pension|defined-benefit]] plans for current employees and retirees, usually incurred during the labor peace era after [[World War II]]. Legacy costs are widely credited {{By whom|date=April 2012}} with handicapping American [[Automaker|auto manufacturers]] and [[Central City|central cities]], and older [[airline]]s worldwide, diminishing their competitiveness.{{Citation needed|date=June 2010}}  [[Organized labor]] sees such criticisms as part of a desire to abandon any form of [[social contract]] between worker and employer.{{Citation needed|date=April 2012}}
 Newer, less-established entities have few or no problems with legacy costs, because they have less pension and health care liabilities (this applies to new [[suburbs]], for example, as well as new companies), and are therefore able to out-compete (in some cases) the older entities.