TY - BOOK AU - Goldsmith,Jeff Charles TI - The long baby boom: an optimistic vision for a graying generation SN - 9780801888519 (hardcover : alk. paper) AV - HQ1063.2.U6 G654 2008 U1 - 305.2 GOL 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Baltimore PB - Johns Hopkins University Press KW - Baby boom generation KW - United States KW - Psychology KW - Retirement KW - Health and hygiene KW - Social conditions KW - 21st century KW - Health attitudes KW - Medical care KW - Forecasting N1 - 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip082/2007041649.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0805/2007041649-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0805/2007041649-d.html ER -