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I. Demographic and Social Profile 1. The Baby Boom Age Wave: Population Success or Tsunami? 3 Greg O'Neill 2. Boomer Diversity and Well-Being: Race, Ethnicity, and Gender 23 Jan E. Mutchler and Jeffrey Burr 3. A History of Productive Aging and the Boomers 47 W Andrew Achenbaum II. Boomers and the New Economics of Aging 4. The Boomers and Their Economic Prospects 63 Karen C. Holden 5. Will the Boomers Revolutionize Work and Retirement? 77 Sara E. Rix 6. The Looming Economics of Boomer Health Care 95 Christine Bishop III. Boomers and the New Politics of Aging 7. Public Policy and the Boomers: An Expanding Scope of Conflict 113 Robert B. Hudson 8. The Boomers in Politics: Impact and Consequences 135 Robert H. Binstock 9. Aging Boomers, Generational Equity, and the Framing of the Debate over Social Security 153 John B. Williamson and Diane M. Watts-Roy IV. Boomers and Public Policy 10. Population Aging, Entitlement Growth, and the Economy 173 John Gist 11. Private Pensions and the Boomers: How Much Is Enough? 197 Jack L. VanDerhei and Craig Copeland 12. Medicare in the Image of the Baby-Boom Generation 215 Edward E Lawlor 13. Long-Term Care Policy as an Investment in Baby Boomers and Future Generations 227 Michelle Putnam 14. Differential Treatment by Age: Age Discrimination or Age Affirmation? 241 John Macnicol 15. Aging Policy as Family Policy: Expanding Family Leave and Improving Flexible Work Policies 253 Steven K. Wisensale About the Editor and Contributors 271 Index 277