Shock of gray : the aging of the world's population and how it pits young against old, child against parent, worker against boss, company against rival, and nation against nation
Fishman, Ted , 1958-
Shock of gray : the aging of the world's population and how it pits young against old, child against parent, worker against boss, company against rival, and nation against nation / Ted C. Fishman - 1st Scribner hardcover ed - New York : Scribner , c2010. - 401 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-385) and index.
Gray new world -- Greetings from Florida, God's waiting room -- Brief history of living much longer -- Señor moment : Spain's discovery of age -- How we (really) do (continuously) age -- Japan, land of the missing sun -- Twisting fates of the screw capital : Rockford, Illinois -- Vulnerable, cherished, frail, kind, bothersome, sweet, expensive, wise, lonely, and irrelevant : how do we see the elderly -- China : will it grow old before it grows rich? -- Generations at the table.
In "Shock of Gray," Ted Fishman explains the astouding economic and political changes we face as our world suddenly grows old.
9781416551027
2010029522
Population aging----Economic aspects
HQ1061 / .F55 2010
304.61 FIS
Shock of gray : the aging of the world's population and how it pits young against old, child against parent, worker against boss, company against rival, and nation against nation / Ted C. Fishman - 1st Scribner hardcover ed - New York : Scribner , c2010. - 401 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-385) and index.
Gray new world -- Greetings from Florida, God's waiting room -- Brief history of living much longer -- Señor moment : Spain's discovery of age -- How we (really) do (continuously) age -- Japan, land of the missing sun -- Twisting fates of the screw capital : Rockford, Illinois -- Vulnerable, cherished, frail, kind, bothersome, sweet, expensive, wise, lonely, and irrelevant : how do we see the elderly -- China : will it grow old before it grows rich? -- Generations at the table.
In "Shock of Gray," Ted Fishman explains the astouding economic and political changes we face as our world suddenly grows old.
9781416551027
2010029522
Population aging----Economic aspects
HQ1061 / .F55 2010
304.61 FIS
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