The Imaginary Time Bomb: Why an Ageing Population is Not a Social Problem

by Phil Mullan, Frank Furedi (Foreword)

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 nothing to do with demography in itself and more to do with justifying further reductions of the role of the state in the economy and curbing the welfare state.

Genres: Sociology

224 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2000