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The imaginary time bomb : why an ageing population is not a social problem

Title
The imaginary time bomb : why an ageing population is not a social problem / Phil Mullan.
Author
Mullan, Phil.
Publication
London ; New York : I.B. Tauris Publishers ; New York, NY : In the United States and Canada distributed by St. Martin's Press, 2000.

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Description
xvi, 239 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Summary
"Phil Mullan argues that the growing preoccupation with ageing - laced with fear and foreboding for the next century - has little or nothing to do with demography in itself. Rather, it is used to justify further reductions in the role of government in the economy and the curbing of the welfare state. Demonstrating that the problem of ageing is used as an anti-state and anti-benefits argument, Mullan demolishes a succession of current myths about the ageing time bomb."--Jacket.
Subject
  • Older people > Government policy > Forecasting
  • Older people > Social conditions
  • Aging > Economic aspects
  • Human services > Economic aspects
  • Ageing
  • Population Dynamics
  • Aged > social conditions
  • Socioeconomic Factors
  • Veroudering (demografie)
  • Bejaarden
  • Sociaal-economisch beleid
  • Bevolkingsprognoses
  • Überalterung
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-232) and index.
Contents
Foreword / Dr Frank Furedi -- Ageing in Perspective -- The Preoccupation with Ageing -- Is Ageing a Burden? -- The Pensions Time Bomb -- The Health Time Bomb -- Can Ageing Stunt Economic Growth?
ISBN
  • 186064452X
  • 9781860644528
  • 1860647782
  • 9781860647789
LCCN
00699748
OCLC
  • ocm43702558
  • 43702558
  • SCSB-1031275
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library