The Imaginary Time Bomb: Why an Ageing Population is Not a Social Problem

by Phil Mullan, Frank Furedi

Overview

The Imaginary Time Bomb diffuses the myth that the aging baby-boomer population is producing a downward economic spiral. Phil Mullan argues that the growing preoccupation with aging has little to do with demography, but is instead used to justify future reductions in the role of government in the economy, and the curbing of the welfare state.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781860647789
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	01/25/2002
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.52(h) x 0.77(d)

About the Author

Phil Mullan is an Economist specializing in Development Studies and Demography and Inter-Generational Attitudes.

Table of Contents

Foreword—Frank Furedi
• Introduction
• Aging in Perspective
• The Preoccupation with Aging
• Is Aging a Burden?
• The Pensions Time Bomb
• The Health Time Bomb
• Can Aging Stunt Economic Growth?
• Conclusion

Editorial Reviews

Panic-stricken projections in the US have forecast that every dollar of federal revenue could end up going into health care and pensions as the population grows grayer...Mullan lobs a timely grenade into this unlovely consensus.” —The Independent

“This book is highly opportune. It brushes away the unscientific assumptions that are dictating pension policy today.” —Sunday Times (UK)

“This is a must-read book.” —The Actuary

“A brave and original appraoch toward an issue that is typically so often mystified.” —Frank Furedi

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