New York Times bestselling author Ted Fishman’s hotly anticipated SHOCK OF GRAY.

The New York Times bestselling author of China, Inc. reports here from three continents on the astounding and complex economic and political ramifications of an aging world population.

The world’s populations are rapidly aging. By the year 2030, no less than one billion people will be aged sixty-five or older.

But few of us understand the resulting massive effects upon economies, jobs, and families. Everyone is touched by the issue of aging—parents, children, rich, poor, retirees, and workers—and now veteran journalist Ted C. Fishman masterfully explains how our world is suddenly being altered in ways no one ever expected.

With vivid reporting and through compelling interviews with parents, children, employers, workers, economists, gerontologists, caregivers, government officials, healthcare professionals, corporate executives, and small business owners, Fishman reveals the astonishing and interconnected effects of global aging, and why nations, cultures, and crucial human relationships are changing in this timely, brilliant, and important read.