Unretirement : [electronic resource] : how baby boomers are changing the way we think about work, community, and the good life. Chris Farrell.
The budget battles of recent years have amplified the warnings of demographic doomsayers who predicted that a wave of baby boomers would bleed America dry, bankrupting Social Security and Medicare as they faded into an impoverished old age. On the contrary, argues award-winning journalist Chris Farrell, we are instead on the verge of a broad, positive transformation of our economy and society.The old idea of "retirement"—a word that means withdrawal, describing a time when people gave up productive employment and shrank their activities—was a short-lived historical anomaly. Humans have always found meaning and motivation in work and community, Farrell notes, and the boomer generation, poised to live longer in better health than any before, is already discovering unretirement—extending their working lives, often with new careers, entrepreneurial ventures, and volunteer service.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781620401583 (electronic bk)
- Physical Description: 1 online resource
Content descriptions
Reproduction Note: | Electronic reproduction. New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2014. Requires OverDrive Read (file size: N/A KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 330 KB) or Amazon Kindle (file size: N/A KB). |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Nonfiction. Business. |
Genre: | Electronic books. |
More Options
Electronic resources
LDR | 02545nam a2200313Ka 4500 | ||
---|---|---|---|
001 | 44542 | ||
003 | KCCL | ||
005 | 20160728141308.0 | ||
006 | m d | ||
007 | cr cn--------- | ||
008 | 140811s2014 nyu s 000 0 eng d | ||
020 | . | ‡a9781620401583 (electronic bk) | |
037 | . | ‡a71109E04-9648-46DC-9000-1F12875337C1 ‡bOverDrive, Inc. ‡nhttp://www.overdrive.com | |
040 | . | ‡aTEFOD ‡cTEFOD | |
100 | 1 | . | ‡aFarrell, Chris. |
245 | 1 | 0. | ‡aUnretirement : ‡h[electronic resource] : ‡bhow baby boomers are changing the way we think about work, community, and the good life. ‡cChris Farrell. |
260 | . | ‡c2014. | |
300 | . | ‡a1 online resource | |
336 | . | ‡atext ‡btxt ‡2rdacontent | |
337 | . | ‡acomputer ‡bc ‡2rdamedia | |
338 | . | ‡aonline resource ‡bcr ‡2rdacarrier | |
520 | . | ‡aThe budget battles of recent years have amplified the warnings of demographic doomsayers who predicted that a wave of baby boomers would bleed America dry, bankrupting Social Security and Medicare as they faded into an impoverished old age. On the contrary, argues award-winning journalist Chris Farrell, we are instead on the verge of a broad, positive transformation of our economy and society.The old idea of "retirement"—a word that means withdrawal, describing a time when people gave up productive employment and shrank their activities—was a short-lived historical anomaly. Humans have always found meaning and motivation in work and community, Farrell notes, and the boomer generation, poised to live longer in better health than any before, is already discovering unretirement—extending their working lives, often with new careers, entrepreneurial ventures, and volunteer service. | |
533 | . | ‡aElectronic reproduction. ‡bNew York : ‡cBloomsbury Press, ‡d2014. ‡nRequires OverDrive Read (file size: N/A KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 330 KB) or Amazon Kindle (file size: N/A KB). | |
650 | 1 | 7. | ‡aNonfiction. ‡2OverDrive |
650 | 7. | ‡aBusiness. ‡2OverDrive | |
655 | 7. | ‡aElectronic books. ‡2local | |
776 | 1 | . | ‡cOriginal ‡z9781620401576 |
856 | 4 | 0. | ‡uhttp://kirtland.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=71109E04-9648-46DC-9000-1F12875337C1 ‡zClick to access digital title in OverDrive. ‡9KCCL |
856 | 4 | . | ‡3Excerpt ‡uhttps://samples.overdrive.com/unretirement?.epub-sample.overdrive.com ‡zSample |
856 | 4 | . | ‡3Image ‡uhttp://images.contentreserve.com/ImageType-100/2183-1/%7B71109E04-9648-46DC-9000-1F12875337C1%7DImg100.jpg ‡zLarge cover image |
856 | 4 | . | ‡3Thumbnail ‡uhttp://images.contentreserve.com/ImageType-200/2183-1/%7B71109E04-9648-46DC-9000-1F12875337C1%7DImg200.jpg ‡zThumbnail cover image |
905 | . | ‡u191974 | |
901 | . | ‡aODN0001897255 ‡bSystem Local ‡c44542 ‡tbiblio ‡soclc |