Facing the Age Wave

Four distinguished scholars detail the substantial problems of large-scale early retirement, inadequate personal saving for retirement, heavy taxation of pensions, and the crisis of looming health care costs. They offer principles that need to be followed if our nation is to adapt gracefully to the coming age wave.

Info autore

David A. Wise is the Peter and Helen Bing Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and the John F. Stambaugh Professor of Political Economy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, where he has taught since 1973. He is also a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, where he is the area director for the Economics of Aging and the Health Economics Programs.

Riassunto

Explains the most significant areas of concern created by the aging of the American population and offer possible solutions. Facing the Age Wave is the product of a symposium of distinguished scholars on the subject of aging in America. The symposium was held in the spring of 1997 under the auspices of the Hoover Institution.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Douglas Bernheim, John B. Shoven, David Wise
• Con la collaborazione di: David A Wise (Editore), David A. Wise (Editore)
• Editore: Hoover Institution Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.07.1997
• EAN: 9780817994822
• ISBN: 978-0-8179-9482-2
• Pagine: 120
• Dimensioni: 153 mm x 230 mm x 11 mm
• Peso: 227 g
• Serie: Hoover Institution Press Publi; Hoover Institution Press Publi
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Opere generiche, enciclopedie