Aging nation
Subtitle: the economics and politics of growing older in America
By: James H. Schulz and Robert H. Binstock.
Contributors: Binstock, Robert H.
Edition: Johns Hopkins paperbacks ed.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Baltimore, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 283
ISBN-13: 9780801888649
Subjects: Retirement -- Economic aspects -- United States; Baby boom generation -- Retirement -- Economic aspects -- United States; Retirement -- Political aspects -- United States; Retirement income -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-269) and index.
Table of contents: title: Baby boomers and the merchants of doom; title: The phony threat of population aging; title: The search for security with dignity; title: Dealing with risk; title: The company pension : altruism or self-interest?; title: The pension lottery : personal pension accounts; title: To work or not to work : that is the question; title: Health and longevity : what lies ahead?; title: A gerontocracy? the politics of aging; title: Framing the issues for an aging nation.