The Long Baby Boom : An Optimistic Vision for a Graying Generation /

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Goldsmith, Jeff Charles
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Medical care > United States > Forecasting.
Health attitudes > United States.
Baby boom generation > United States > Social conditions > 21st century.
Baby boom generation > Health and hygiene > United States.
Baby boom generation > Retirement > United States.
Baby boom generation > United States > Psychology.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Prologue
  • The baby boom: the self-involved glacier
  • The social safety net for older Americans: the expensive legacy of the New Deal
  • Living to work: boomers, retirement, and the knowledge economy
  • Healthy aging: enabling a longer, more active life
  • Encouraging work in later life: what can be done?
  • Medicare: the Mount Everest of entitlements
  • Social security reform: grasping the third rail
  • What we need to do
  • What baby boomers should do for themselves
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Index.

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