From topics like Social Security to older people rejoining the workforce to the elderly as a political lobby, this two-volume set covers the gamut of economic, political, financial, and business issues related to aging. Besides a demographic and social profile of the Boomer generation, sections cover Boomers and: the economy - savings rates, financial prospects, work and retirement and taxes; aging - health care risks, labor-force participation, relations with other generations and age discrimination; public policy - entitlement programs like Medicare and Social Security, private pensions, provision for chronic care and disability and flexible work policies; personal finance: 'financial gerontology', entrepreneurship, financial planning, estate planning, work redesign; civic challenges: volunteerism, life-long education, positive aging and philanthropy; and, society - generational conflict, living 'small', mobility challenges, elder care and employment in geriatric fields. The Boomer generation will leave one of the largest footprints the world has yet seen. In retirement, as in all else, this generation is blazing a path affecting succeeding generations profoundly. "Boomer Bust?" charts a path through the thicket of personal and public policy choices facing not just Baby Boomers, but all of society.