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Aging Nation - The Economics and Politics of Growing Older in America (Hardcover, New)
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Aging Nation - The Economics and Politics of Growing Older in America (Hardcover, New)
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With the impending retirement of some 76 million Baby Boomers,
understanding the economic, political, and social issues related to
the aging population is paramount. If the doom-and-gloomers have
their way, the elderly will be put out to pasture, with inadequate
health care and financial resources, and a crumbling social welfare
system. In Aging Nation, renowed experts in the field, James Schulz
and Robert Binstock, agree that there is considerable cause for
concern, but with a variety of sound policies and programs in place
and smart individual choices, the elderly can prosper, and a
demographic tsunami is not inevitable. Drawing from the most
current data, the authors provide in-depth analysis of the nation's
evolving private and public policies on retirement, faltering
employer pensions, health care, workplace conditions, and
entitlement programs, and consider such timely issues as poverty
among the elderly, rejoining the workforce after retirement, Social
Security and health care reform, and the rise of the elderly as a
powerful political force. Dispelling popular myths and
misconceptions that are perpetrated by politicians and pundits
alike, they provide a comprehensive and balanced assessment of the
issues and their impact on everyone, old and young. Deserving poor
or greedy geezers? The debate rages on. In a period of huge
government deficits and the impending retirement of some 76 million
Baby Boomers, understanding the economic, political, and social
issues related to the aging population is paramount. The policy
debates have never been more contentious; they range from deciding
who should receive limited subsidized housing and medical services
to the ongoing battle over saving Social Security and other
entitlement programs. If the doom-and-gloomers have their way, the
elderly will be put out to pasture, with inadequate health care and
financial resources, and a crumbling social welfare infrastructure
that will implode under the strain of intergenerational conflict.
This book debunks most aging crises put forth by merchants of doom
and offers a new policy focus for our nation. In Aging Nation,
renowned experts in the field, James Schulz and Robert Binstock,
agree that there is considerable cause for concern, but with a
variety of sound policies and programs in place and smart
individual choices, the elderly can prosper, and a demographic
tsunami is not inevitable. Drawing from the most current data, the
authors provide in-depth analysis of the nation's evolving private
and public policies on retirement, faltering employer pensions,
health care, workplace conditions, and entitlement programs, and
consider such timely issues as poverty among the elderly, rejoining
the workforce after retirement, Social Security and health care
reform, and the rise of the elderly as a powerful political force.
Dispelling popular myths and misconceptions that are perpetrated by
politicians and pundits alike, they provide a comprehensive and
balanced assessment of these issues and their impact on everyone,
old and young.
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