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Aging Nation: The Economics and Politics of Growing Older in America
James H. Schulz
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Description for Aging Nation: The Economics and Politics of Growing Older in America
Paperback. population, and present a balanced-and reassuring-assessment of the future. Num Pages: 304 pages, 9, 8 black & white line drawings, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSP31; JKSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
With the impending retirement of some 76 million baby boomers in a period of huge government deficits, public anxiety about the social and economic health of an aging nation is widespread. The policy debates are contentious-from deciding who should receive limited subsidized housing and medical services to the ongoing battle over "saving" Social Security and other entitlement programs. Some policy makers and pundits forecast disaster: elderly people will be put out to pasture with inadequate health care and financial resources, and a crumbling social welfare infrastructure will implode under the strain of intergenerational conflict. In Aging Nation, renowned experts ... Read more
With the impending retirement of some 76 million baby boomers in a period of huge government deficits, public anxiety about the social and economic health of an aging nation is widespread. The policy debates are contentious-from deciding who should receive limited subsidized housing and medical services to the ongoing battle over "saving" Social Security and other entitlement programs. Some policy makers and pundits forecast disaster: elderly people will be put out to pasture with inadequate health care and financial resources, and a crumbling social welfare infrastructure will implode under the strain of intergenerational conflict. In Aging Nation, renowned experts ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801888649
SKU
V9780801888649
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About James H. Schulz
James H. Schulz is a professor emeritus of economics at Brandeis University and the former president of the Gerontological Society of America. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Kleemier Award for outstanding research in the field of aging. Robert H. Binstock is a professor of aging, health, and society at Case Western Reserve University. He has served ... Read more
Reviews for Aging Nation: The Economics and Politics of Growing Older in America
James Schulz and Robert Binstock unquestionably take places of honor among the elders of the gerontological tribe. Decades of study, teaching, civic engagement, writing, and speaking to peers, lawmakers, and informed citizens have secured their reputations as knowledgeable, judicious, respected experts on the economics and politics of aging, respectively.
W. Andrew Achenbaum, PhD Journal of Aging and Social Policy ... Read more
W. Andrew Achenbaum, PhD Journal of Aging and Social Policy ... Read more