Not all older people are unfit for work. Indeed, most people over age 55 remain physically and mentally able to work, and rather than suffer the pressures of inflation or the boredom of idleness, many would prefer to stay productive longer. Dr. Kieffer says that their extensive experience and education qualify most of them to remain self-reliant we

Also of Interest -- Preface -- Introduction -- The Retirement Strategy: Its Origins and Consequences -- The Origins of the Retirement Strategy -- Why and How the Retirement Strategy Worked -- Failed Objectives and Wasted People -- Counterproductive Strategy -- Factors Working Against the Retirement Strategy -- Growing Dilemmas in Financing Retirement Systems -- The Need for a Jobs Strategy -- The Retirement Strategy Must Be Ended -- The Urgency of Adopting a Jobs Strategy -- How to Create and Maintain the Needed Jobs -- Leadership for Jobs and Retirement Income Strategies -- The Need for Positive, Long-Term Thinking and Action -- Financing a Jobs Expansion Strategy -- More Private Saving for Retirement -- The Personal Challenge -- What Older People Can Expect -- What Older People Can Do -- The Merging Interests of Young and Old -- Addendum on Social Security Act Amendments of 1983