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Age Shock
Blackburn
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Description for Age Shock
Paperback.
Most countries face the future with an ageing population, yet most governments are cutting back on pensions and the care services needed by the elderly. Robin Blackburn exposes the perverse reasoning and special interests which have combined to produce this nonsensical state of affairs. This updated paperback edition of Age Shock includes a new preface explaining why the credit crunch and eurozone crisis have had such a devastating impact and outlining a way to guarantee decent pensions and care provision.
Most countries face the future with an ageing population, yet most governments are cutting back on pensions and the care services needed by the elderly. Robin Blackburn exposes the perverse reasoning and special interests which have combined to produce this nonsensical state of affairs. This updated paperback edition of Age Shock includes a new preface explaining why the credit crunch and eurozone crisis have had such a devastating impact and outlining a way to guarantee decent pensions and care provision.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Verso Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844677658
SKU
V9781844677658
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Blackburn
Robin Blackburn teaches at the University of Essex and is an editor at New Left Review. He is the author of many books, including The American Crucible, The Making of New World Slavery, The Overthrow of Colonial Slavery, Age Shock and Banking on Death.
Reviews for Age Shock
A serious and finely argued attack on contemporary market fundamentalism in a vivid phrasemaking style, which is even entertaining when it is not depressing you with the facts.
The Guardian
An ambitious recasting of pensions strategy for an aging society.
Göran Therborn
New Left Review
An impressive book ... Blackburn argues that the hard-won state ... Read more
The Guardian
An ambitious recasting of pensions strategy for an aging society.
Göran Therborn
New Left Review
An impressive book ... Blackburn argues that the hard-won state ... Read more