Description
Book SynopsisIn 2006, the first baby boomers turned 60, unleashing a veritable tidal wave of gloomy punditry, advertising for financial services, and forecasts of impending national bankruptcy. This work rejects such catastrophic predictions. It forecasts baby boomers' career plans, health trends, and cultural and political values.
Trade ReviewGoldsmith's proposals are worth exploring... He paints a persuasive picture of a more positive outcome for both baby boomers and our economy. Health Affairs A 'must' for any college-level collection on social issues and contemporary American social history. Midwest Book Review 2008
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction
Prologue
1. The Baby Boom: The Self-Involved Glacier
2. The Social Safety Net for Older Americans: The Expensive Legacy of the New Deal
3. Living to Work: Boomers, Retirement, and the Knowledge Economy
4. Healthy Aging: Enabling a Longer, More Active Life
5. Encouraging Work in Later Life: What Can Be Done?
6. Medicare: The Mount Everest of Entitlements
7. Social Security Reform: Grasping the Third Rail
8. What We Need to Do
9. What Baby Boomers Should Do for Themselves
Conclusion
Notes
Index
