The Economics of Aging

Not the long and anxiously awaited How to Get Paid for Growing Old, but a guide to economic problems characteristically encountered by the aged and what people can do beforehand to alleviate or mitigate them. Some of the topics are the economic status of the various populations of the aged, deciding whether to keep working or retire, the benefits and financing of Social Security, disability benefits, employer-sponsored pensions, and generational conflict. First published in 1976, and here updated to account for new public and private programs and the current economic trends. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.