America Beyond 2001 | The Aging of America: Alternative Visions

Aging is among the more powerful and ubiquitous structural trends occurring in the United States. Present public policymakers and private institutional managers often behave as if they are unaware of the existence, size, or potential consequences of the aging trend. Most likely, they are postponing dealing with it, leaving it for their successors. The economic, social, political, and environmental impacts of this irreversible trend will continue to affect all of us well into the next century. What follows is a look at this trend from the viewpoint of a participantobserver futurist and...

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