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The long baby boom : an optimistic vision for a graying generation / Jeff Goldsmith.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.Description: xvii, 207 p. : ill., map ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780801888519 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 0801888514 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.2 GOL 22
LOC classification:
  • HQ1063.2.U6 G654 2008
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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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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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