Fishman, Ted  , 1958- <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 369-385) and index. 
<br/><br/>Gray new world -- Greetings from Florida, God's waiting room -- Brief history of living much longer -- Seņor 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. 
<br/><br/> In "Shock of Gray," Ted Fishman explains the astouding economic and political changes we face as our world suddenly grows old. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781416551027 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2010029522 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Population aging----Economic aspects
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HQ1061  / .F55 2010 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>304.61 FIS