The long baby boom : an optimistic vision for a graying generation /
Goldsmith, Jeff Charles.
The long baby boom : an optimistic vision for a graying generation / Jeff Goldsmith. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008. - xvii, 207 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-202) and index.
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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Baby boom generation--Psychology.--United States
Baby boom generation--Retirement--United States.
Baby boom generation--Health and hygiene--United States.
Baby boom generation--Social conditions--United States--21st century.
Health attitudes--United States.
Medical care--Forecasting.--United States
HQ1063.2.U6 / G654 2008
305.2 GOL
The long baby boom : an optimistic vision for a graying generation / Jeff Goldsmith. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008. - xvii, 207 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-202) and index.
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.
9780801888519 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0801888514 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2007041649
Baby boom generation--Psychology.--United States
Baby boom generation--Retirement--United States.
Baby boom generation--Health and hygiene--United States.
Baby boom generation--Social conditions--United States--21st century.
Health attitudes--United States.
Medical care--Forecasting.--United States
HQ1063.2.U6 / G654 2008
305.2 GOL