TY - BOOK AU - Olson,Laura Katz TI - The Political Economy of Aging. the State, Private Power, and Social Welfare SN - 9780231939645 PY - 1982///] CY - New York, NY : PB - Columbia University Press, KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Chapter 1. The Aging Population Today and Tomorrow --; Chapter 2. A Brief History of the Economic Problems of Aging --; Chapter 3. Income Maintenance and the Pension Games: Winners and Losers Under Capitalism --; Chapter 4. Investment Capital and Pension Power --; Chapter 5. The Graying of the Medical- Industrial Complex --; Chapter 6. The Housing Crisis: Private Power and Public Resources --; Chapter 7. Human Services --; Chapter 8. Epilogue: Perspectives on Reform --; Notes --; Index; restricted access N2 - Looks at the aging of society from income maintenance, pension power, housing and human services. Uncovers the structural causes of problems in old age policies and programs and explores the reasons why a large percentage of the elderly suffer from inadequate retirement income, housing, medical care and other services UR - https://doi.org/10.7312/olso93964 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780231896313 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780231896313.jpg ER -