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  • Shock of Gray

  • The Aging of the World's Population and How It Pits Young Against Old, Child Against Parent, Worker Against Boss
  • By: Ted C. Fishman
  • Narrated by: Kerin McCue
  • Length: 16 hrs and 32 mins

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Shock of Gray

By: Ted C. Fishman
Narrated by: Kerin McCue
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Publisher's Summary

New York Times best-selling author Ted C. Fishman reveals the stunning challenges of a world awash with seasoned citizens. By 2030 those over 50 will outnumber people under 17 for the first time in history. Fishman explores the resulting impact on families, businesses, nations, and medical care.

With vivid and witty reporting from American cities and around the world, and through compelling interviews with families, employers, workers, economists, gerontologists, government officials, health-care professionals, corporate executives, and small business owners, Fishman reveals the astonishing and interconnected effects of global aging, and why nations, cultures, and crucial human relationships are changing in this timely, brilliant, and important book.

©2010 Ted C. Fishman (P)2011 Recorded Books, LLC
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  • Categories: History

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