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

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.