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.
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“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
“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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Phil Mullan is an Economist specializing in Development Studies and Demography and Inter-Generational Attitudes.
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crude dependency ratios, real dependency ratio, ageing discussion, demographic alarmism, ageing today, public pension spending, demographic time bomb, pension time bomb, elderly dependency ratio, demographic fears, ageing phenomenon, ageing trend, national population projections, more old people, falling fertility, advanced industrialised countries, funded schemes, old age crisis, ageing population, most old people Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
World Bank, Second World War, Royal Commission, The Independent, United Nations, Alan Walker, New Labour, The Guardian, Department of Employment, Emily Grundy, Labour Party, Robert Clark, Third World, Thomas Gale Moore, Christina Victor, Eric Midwinter, Financial Times, Neville Chamberlain, North America, Paul Kennedy, Paul Thompson, Samuel Preston New!
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Foreign Affairs - the prestigious international relations journal - ran an article in May 1997 that discussed the prospects for Japan, its economy and its role in the world. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
crude dependency ratios, real dependency ratio, ageing discussion, demographic alarmism, ageing today, public pension spending, demographic time bomb, pension time bomb, elderly dependency ratio, demographic fears, ageing phenomenon, ageing trend, national population projections, more old people, falling fertility, advanced industrialised countries, funded schemes, old age crisis, ageing population, most old people Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
World Bank, Second World War, Royal Commission, The Independent, United Nations, Alan Walker, New Labour, The Guardian, Department of Employment, Emily Grundy, Labour Party, Robert Clark, Third World, Thomas Gale Moore, Christina Victor, Eric Midwinter, Financial Times, Neville Chamberlain, North America, Paul Kennedy, Paul Thompson, Samuel Preston New!
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- Ageing and Economic Welfare by Paul A Johnson on page 102, page 195, and Back Matter
- World Economic Outlook: April 2002 : Recessions and Recoveries by International Monetary Fund on page 4, and Back Matter
- Community Care Agenda for Action by Dept.of Health & Social Security on page 100, and Back Matter
- Capitalism and the Construction of Old Age (Critical texts in social work & the welfare state) by Chris Phillipson on page 82, and Back Matter
- Population and Development: A Critical Introduction by Frank Furedi in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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- Real Bodies: A Sociological Introduction by Mary Evans on page 183, and Back Matter
- Rebuilding Communities in an Age of Individualism by Paul Hopper in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Key Concepts in Medical Sociology (SAGE Key Concepts series) by Jonathan Gabe on page 21
- Old Age (Key Ideas) by John Vincent in Back Matter
- Detox Your Finances (52 Brilliant Ideas) by John Middleton on page 220
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