THE RETIREMENT OF THE BABY BOOMERS - FREN CH - CARETTE,J

This book is an analysis forecasting the potential conditions surround ing the aging of the post-war baby boom generation beyond the year 200 0. The author looks at trends that will play a part in the medium-term development of indictors to the future and elements that could prove critical for aging and old age in the near future. He describes the cu rrent situation of seniors based on the ideology of salaried employmen t in an industrial society. He suggests thoroughly rethinking the the individual and collective management of the life cycle by renegotiatin g the resources and empowerment of work, without sparking an inter-gen erational dispute. This analysis is intended to be hypothetical rather than predictive.