Shock of Gray
The Aging of the World's Population and How it Pits Young Against Old, Child Against Parent, Worker Against Boss, Company Against Rival, and Nation Against Nation
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- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
1 December 2012
Summary
Today’s world is rapidly aging—by the year 2030, one billion people will be sixty-five or older. For the first time in history, the number of people over age fifty will be greater than those under age seventeen. Everyone is touched by this issue—parents and children, rich and poor, retirees and workers—and now Fishman masterfully explains how our world is being altered in ways no one ever expected.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781416551034 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1416551034 |
| Author: | Ted Fishman |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | Simon Spotlight Entertainment |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 1 December 2012 |
| Weight: | 415g |
| Dimensions: | 222mm x 144mm x 25mm |
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Critics Review
“Far-reaching and highly relevant…[with] a fast pace, global scope and jaw-dropping facts…Fishman has a keen ear…and he motors enjoyably through a huge quantity of date and anecdotes, sending out provocative flares along the way.” -“New York Times Book Review”
“In 20 years, there will be 1 billion people over the age of 65, and “China Inc.”’s Ted Fishman has found the current examples that, along with an inexhaustible supply of demographic trends, illustrate the knotty-and at times terrifying-issues of global aging that await us. A must-read for young and old alike.” - “Fast Company”
“Readers should consider its messages and economic implications. What do we really want for ourselves, as individuals and a nation, as we age….The true mission of “Shock of Gray” is a…call to confront the demographic drama now unfolding in many middle- and high-income countries, not to proffer solutions.” -“Los Angeles Times”
“The Chicago journalist behind “China, Inc. “is back with an investigation that’s both timely and terrifying. The subtitle–“The Aging of the World’s Population and How it Pits Young Against Old, Child Against Parent, Worker Against Boss, Company Against Rival, and Nation Against Nation”–says it all. (Though with his characteristic smarts, Fishman says it with a lot more nuance.)” -NewCityLit.com
“Who would’ve thought that America’s aging population has spurred globalization? Ted Fishman’s exciting book-a series of stories really-knocked me off balance as I learned what’s in store for us as the world’s populace grows older and older. The observations in “Shock of Gray” are not just revelatory but profound.” -Alex Kotlowitz
About The Author
Ted Fishman
Ted Fishman is a seasoned financial and economic journalist whose work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Money, Harper’s, Esquire, USA TODAY, and GQ. A Princeton graduate, Fishman is also a former floor trader and member of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, where he ran his own derivatives arbitrage firm. He lives in Chicago.
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