Description |
256 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
Series |
Contemporary issues |
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Contemporary issues (Buffalo, N.Y.)
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Contents |
Back from the future / Michael Kinsley -- Respect your juniors / Heather Lamm -- Stuck in the shadows with you : observations on post-boomer culture / Robert A. George -- The birth of a revolutionary class / Lester C. Thurow -- End special tax favors for seniors / William Strauss and Neil Howe -- Herky-jerky bank-bang / Russell Baker -- Interview with Sen. Alan Simpson / Maya MacGuineas -- The death of lead...or leave / Stuart Miller -- Fun in politics? : as if / Jeff Shesol -- Preamble to the Third Millennium Declaration -- Winter comes again / William Strauss and Neil Howe -- A letter to the rising generation / Cornelia A.P. Comer -- The two generations / Randolph S. Bourne -- The nation's changing age profile : what does it mean? / Susan A. MacManus -- Will America grow up before it grows old? / Peter G. Peterson -- Bipartisan Commission on Entitlement and Tax Reform : planning for the future / J. Robert Kerrey and John C. Danforth -- Bipartisan Commission on Entitlement and Tax Reform : statement of commissioner / Richard L. Trumka -- How social security redistributes income / C. Eugene Steuerle and Jon Bakija -- The sky's not falling, the sky's not falling! / Newsday editorial -- The myth of the 2.2 percent solution / Neil Howe and Richard Jackson -- Don't worry, Generation X : why the demographic nightmare of the twentysomethings isn't likely to come true / Richard C. Leone -- Listen up, Generation X / Neil Howe and Richard Jackson -- Turning workers into investors / Carolyn Weaver -- First, the system is hardly in crisis / Robert M. Ball -- Benefit cuts, kind and gentle / Edward M. Gramlich. |
Subject |
Conflict of generations -- United States.
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Generation X -- United States.
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Baby boom generation -- United States.
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Older people.
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Generations -- Economic aspects -- United States.
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Generations -- Political aspects -- United States.
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Added Author |
Thau, Richard D.
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Heflin, Jay S.
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ISBN |
1573921742 paper alkaline paper |
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