Table of Contents

Introduction Pt. 1: Aging and Old Age as Social, Biological, and Economic Phenomena 1: What Is Aging, and Why? 2: Old Age Past, Present, and Future 3: A Human-Capital Model of Aging 4: An Economic Model of Aging with Change Assumed Pt. 2: The Economic Theory Elaborated and Applied 5: The Economic Psychology of the Old 6: Behavioral Correlates of Age 7: Age, Creativity, and Output 8: Adjudication and Old Age 9: The Status of the Old and the Aging of Institutions Pt. 3: Normative Issues 10: Euthanasia and Geronticide 11: Social Security and Health 12: Legal Issues of Aging and Old Age: A Sampler 13: Age Discrimination by Employers and the Issue of Mandatory Retirement Index

About the Author

Richard A. Posner is a judge of the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and a senior lecturer in law at the University of Chicago Law School. His many books on the application of economics to law include Economic Analysis of Law, now in its fifth edition.