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Aging and Old Age

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Product Details

  • Paperback: 384 pages
  • Publisher: University Of Chicago Press (April 1, 1997)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0226675688
  • ISBN-13: 978-0226675688
  • Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.8 x 9 inches
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  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 starsNot a particularly frolicsome read for the aged and aging.
By Jerry Saperstein HALL OF FAMETOP 1000 REVIEWERVINE VOICE on September 27, 2008
Format: Paperback
Judge Posner is a remarkable man. A noted jurist and a fine writer with a wide range of interests.

"Aging and Old Age" covers so much ground that it is difficult to summarize in a short review. Overall, Posner attempts to deterine the nature of the aqing process, the effects of aging on those who become the aged and the impact of a growing cohort of the old on American society.

Speaking as an old person, it is a depressing read, because Posner correctly notes that there is a young self and an old self. The former looks forward, while the latter - because there is so little "forward" left - looks back. Posner speaks of the decline of the aging self, though he allows that many of the aged - particularly federal judges likes himself with lifetime tenure - remain productive at what were once considered "bizarrely" advanced ages.

Posner discusses "What is aging? And why?" the social history of aging, physical and mental decline associated with aging, age and creative output, the "behavioral correlates of age", euthnasia and geronticide, social security and health, legal issues of aging and age discrimination and mandatory retirement. Quite a broad sweep - and to this old man, a depressing one.

In all, a thought provoking work even if depressing (to me). I suspect it found a moderate audience among those who deal with the aqing process and the aged.

Jerry
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5.0 out of 5 starsExcellent
By L. Stephen Coles on September 4, 2013
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Excellent job. I like the statistical analysis of the economic side of geriatric medicine, which is sometimes called the "gray tsunami" that will surely flood us in the near future. -- L. Stephen Coles, M.D., Ph.D., UCLA
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5.0 out of 5 starsHow to understand the socio-economic impact of aging
By Kevin C. Fleming on August 29, 2001
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Broadly researched and well-referenced, this clearly-written book is a realistic take on the coming age wave. It openly challenges both the fear-mongerers and the brave new world types. The ideas are compelling and extremely well-presented. The scope and detail of his reseach is far beyond that of average writers.
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5.0 out of 5 starsPerhaps the best book ever written on the subject
By A Customer on April 4, 1998
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The interdisciplinary breadth and depth of analysis provided by Judge Posner is an extremely rare insight into the evolution of human life and its role in the socioeconomic features of modern socities.This is a great book for any professional - young or old, or in between !
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1.0 out of 5 starsOh Please
By David on May 19, 2011
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Imagine that you exclusively look at life through the «highly unimaginative» twin lenses of money and liability, as this economist and jurist does, to get the gist of this book. Posner begins by stating that his primary thesis is not original, attributing it to Aristotle: that elders lack imagination and have only knowledge to contribute to society; and that elders don't care about the future (since they'll be dead). So if you wish to read global policy prescriptions based on a Third Century BC abnegation of the value of the elderly, you'll enjoy this book. Otherwise, you might spend your valuable time looking at Matisse's paper cut-outs, listening to Beethoven's late quartets, reading Gertrude Stein's late works or Joseph Schumpeter's "Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy" (published eight years before his death), and participating in programs to support the elderly, who regrettably, apparently, cost money to support, and whose existence -- who knew? -- has legal ramifications.

On the other hand, given the legal actions currently contemplated in the United States affecting Medicare and Social Security, and the economic implications relating thereto, this is a timely book, so one star for relevance.

Oh, and BTW, Posner contradicts his thesis in the first pages, mandating that everyone else -- except, of course, most judges and authors (no, really, he actually says this!) -- should be put to pasture (e.g., a Soylent Green one) when they become too old to think properly and otherwise contribute to society.
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