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.
Full Product Details
Author: Phil Mullan ,
Professor Frank Furedi (Professor of Sociology, University of Kent, UK)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint: I.B. Tauris
Edition: New edition
Dimensions:
Width: 13.80cm
, Height: 1.90cm
, Length: 21.60cm
Weight: 0.349kg
ISBN: 9781860647789
ISBN 10: 1860647782
Pages: 264
Publication Date: 25 January 2002
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College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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General
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Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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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. --<i>The Independent</i> This book is highly opportune. It brushes away the unscientific assumptions that are dictating pension policy today. --<i>Sunday Times</i> (UK) This is a must-read book. --<i>The Actuary</i> A brave and original appraoch toward an issue that is typically so often mystified. --<i>Frank Furedi</i>
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 <br> This book is highly opportune. It brushes away the unscientific assumptions that are dictating pension policy today. -- Sunday Times (UK) <br> This is a must-read book. -- The Actuary <br> A brave and original appraoch toward an issue that is typically so often mystified. -- Frank Furedi <br>
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 <br><br> This book is highly opportune. It brushes away the unscientific assumptions that are dictating pension policy today. -- Sunday Times (UK)<br><br> This is a must-read book. -- The Actuary <br><br> A brave and original appraoch toward an issue that is typically so often mystified. -- Frank Furedi <br>
Author Information
Phil Mullan is an Economist specializing in Development Studies and Demography and Inter-Generational Attitudes.
