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The N ew Y ork T imes bes t selling au t hor of C hi n a , Inc . reports on t he as t ounding economic and poli t ical ramifica t ions of an aging world. The worlds population is rapidly agingby the year 2030, one billion people will be sixty-five or older. As the ratio of the old to the young grows ever larger, global aging has gone For the first time in history, the number of people over age fifty will be greater than those under age seventeen. Few of us understand the resulting massive effects on economies, jobs, and families. Everyone is touched by this issueparents and children, rich and poor, retirees and workersand now veteran journalist Ted C. Fishman masterfully and movingly explains how our world is being altered in ways no one ever expected. What happens when too few young people must support older people? How do shrinking families cope with aging loved ones? What happens when countries need millions of young workers but lack them? How do companies compete for young workers? Why, exactly, do they shed old workers? How are entire industries being both created and destroyed by demographic change? How do communities and countries remake themselves for ever-growing populatio

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Author

Ted C. Fishman

Publisher

Scribner Book Company

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9781416551027

Category

science

Subjects

Gender Studies, Fiction, Science

Rating

3.44 / 5 (140 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14