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010 _a2010029522
020 _a9781416551027
050 0 0 _aHQ1061
_b.F55 2010
082 0 0 _a304.61 FIS
100 1 _aFishman, Ted
_d, 1958-
245 1 0 _aShock of gray
_b: 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
_c/ Ted C. Fishman
250 _a1st Scribner hardcover ed
260 _aNew York
_b: Scribner
_c, c2010.
300 _a401 p.
_c; 24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 369-385) and index.
505 0 0 _aGray new world -- Greetings from Florida, God's waiting room -- Brief history of living much longer -- SeƱor 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.
520 _aIn "Shock of Gray," Ted Fishman explains the astouding economic and political changes we face as our world suddenly grows old.
650 0 _aPopulation aging
_x--Economic aspects
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