The long baby boom
Subtitle: an optimistic vision for a graying generation
By: Jeff Goldsmith.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9780801888519
Subjects: Baby boom generation -- United States -- Psychology; Baby boom generation -- Retirement -- United States; Baby boom generation -- Health and hygiene -- United States; Baby boom generation -- United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century; Health attitudes -- Age factors -- United States; Medical care -- United States -- Forecasting
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments; title: Introduction; title: Prologue; title: The baby boom: the self-involved glacier; title: The social safety net for older Americans: the expensive legacy of the New Deal; title: Living to work: boomers, retirement, and the knowledge economy; title: Healthy aging: no longer an oxymoron; title: Encouraging work later in life: what can be done?; title: Medicare: the Mount Everest of entitlements; title: Social security reform: touching the third rail; title: What do we need to do?; title: What baby boomers should do for themselves; title: Conclusion; title: Notes; title: Index.