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A fascinating report on the astounding economic and political
ramifications we face as the majority of the world's population
grows old--chosen by the National Chamber Foundation of the US
Chamber of Commerce as one of the top ten books every business and
government leader should read. The New York Times bestselling
author of China, Inc. reports on the astounding economic and
political ramifications of our aging world. The world's population
is rapidly aging--by the year 2030, one billion people will be
sixty-five or older. And for the first time in history, the number
of people over age fifty will be greater than that of those under
age seventeen. Few of us understand the resulting massive effects
on economies, jobs, and families, or grasp how our most personal
decisions both age the world and drive unprecedented change in the
global economy. Veteran journalist Ted C. Fishman masterfully
explains how the shrinking of our families and the lengthening of
our life spans change nearly every important relationship we
have--to ourselves, our families, our communities, our workplaces,
our nations, and the world. What happens when too few young people
must support older people? How do smaller families cope with aging
loved ones? What happens when countries need millions of young
workers but lack them? How are entire industries being both created
and destroyed by demographic change? How do communities and
countries remake themselves for ever-growing populations of older
citizens? Who will suffer? Who will benefit? With vivid reporting
from American cities and around the world, and through compelling
interviews with families, employers, workers, economists,
gerontologists, health-care professionals, corporate executives,
and small business owners, Fishman reveals the astonishing and
interconnected effects of global aging, and why nations, cultures,
and crucial human relationships are changing in this timely,
brilliant, and important read.
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