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100			_aPorter, Eduardo,
245		0	_aOld, in the Way and Hard at Work. _cEduardo Porter.
260			_bNew York Times, _c2004.
440			_aSIRS Enduring Issues 2005. _nArticle 60, _pFamily, _x1522-3213;
500			_aArticles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005.
500			_aOriginally Published: Old, in the Way and Hard at Work, Aug. 29, 2004; pp. n.p..
520			_a"The good news is we are living longer than ever before. The bad news is it's going to cost us. As global fertility rates grow more slowly and increasing prosperity enhances life expectancy a complicated side effect has emerged: big chunks of the world are starting to look like geriatric wards. It is uncertain how the world will pay for them. A larger population of retirees, living longer, mixed with fewer young people means that the labor force will shrink as a percentage of the total population. With fewer people at work to support everyone else, living standards could fall." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article considers which countries will be most affected by an aging population and presents some of the initiatives government officials are considering to reduce the strain on their economies.
599			_aRecords created from non-MARC resource.
650			_aAging _xEconomic aspects
650			_aDemographic transition
650			_aOlder people _xGovernment policy
650			_aOlder people _xPopulation
650			_aPopulation forecasting
710			_aProQuest Information and Learning Company _tSIRS Enduring Issues 2005, _pFamily. _x1522-3213;
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