{"product_id":"the-big-shift-isbn-9781610390996","title":"The Big Shift","description":"\u003cb\u003eMarc Freedman, hailed by the\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003eas \"the voice of aging baby boomers [seeking] meaningful and sustaining work later in life,\" makes an impassioned call to accept the decades opening up between midlife and anything approximating old age for what they really are -- an entirely new stage of life, which he dubs the encore years.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Big Shift\u003c\/i\u003e, Freedman bemoans the fact that the discussion about longer lives in America has been entirely about the staggering economic costs of a dramatically aging society when, in reality, most of the nation's 78 million boomers are not getting old -- at least not yet. The whole 60- to 80-year-old period is simply new territory, he writes, and the people in this period constitute a whole new phenomenon in the 21st century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Big Shift\u003c\/i\u003eis animated by a simple premise: that the challenge of transitioning to and making the most of this new stage -- while deeply personal -- is much more than an individual problem; it's an urgent social imperative, one affecting all generations. By embracing this time as a unique period of life -- and providing guidance, training, education and support to the millions who are in it -- Freedman says that we can make a monument out of what so many think of as the leftover years. The result could be a windfall of talent that will carry us toward a new generation of solutions for growing problems in areas like education, the environment, and health care.","brand":"PublicAffairs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44896014205157,"sku":"NP9781610390996","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/6aead43d-241b-4fac-b94f-ab03003e51ca.jpg?v=1767899219","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-big-shift-isbn-9781610390996","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}