Aging Nation: The Economics and Politics of Growing Older in America

by Robert H. Binstock and James H. Schulz

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801888646
• ISBN13: 9780801888649
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 8.8"