The Retirement Boom

Foreword

What’s next?

That’s the single most powerful question of our time. It’s the question at the heart of this important and useful book; it’s the question this book sets out to help a whole generation of newly minted seniors answer for themselves.

And it’s a question that very few retiring Baby Boomers ever expected they would have to deal with—which is why this book is so valuable. For the most part, an entire generation of Americans simply surged ahead, from life phase to life phase, transforming the national landscape along the way.

When they entered kindergarten, the Boomers triggered a national educational revolution—a whole new public school infrastructure had to be created.

When they reached high school, the Boomers spawned a music ...