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The America of the near future will look nothing like the America of the recent past.America is in the throes of a demographic overhaul. Huge generation gaps have opened up in our political and social values, our economic well-being, our family structure, our racial and ethnic identity, our gender norms, our religious affiliation, and our technology use.Today's Millennials - well-educated, tech savvy, underemployed twenty-somethings - are at risk of becoming the first generation in American history to have a lower standard of living than their parents. Meantime, more than 10,000 Baby Boomers are retiring every single day, most of them not as well prepared financially as they'd hoped. This graying of our population has helped polarize our politics, put stresses on our social safety net, and presented our elected leaders with a daunting challenge: How to keep faith with the old without bankrupting the young and starving the future.



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Paul Taylor

Paul Taylor is a retired insurance professional and an author of seven books on the American Civil War. His biography of O.M. Poe titled "Orlando M. Poe: Civil War General and Great Lakes Engineer" (Kent State Univ. Press, 2009) was a recipient of the Library of Michigan's 2010 Notable Books Award, the 2010 State History Award from the Historical Society of Michigan, and the Society of Midland Authors 2010 Honorable Mention Award for Biography. His Civil War-era history of Detroit titled "Old Slow Town": Detroit during the Civil War (Wayne State Univ. Press, 2013) was a recipient of the 2013 ForeWord Reviews Book of the Year Award in the War & Military category and the 2014 State History Award from the Historical Society of Michigan. His deluxe, limited edition (only 100 handmade copies) of 37 letters from brothers in the Union army to their homes in Frankfort, New York during the Civil War is titled "Give My Love to All Our Folks" and is available direct from the publisher (www.deepwoodpress) or the author.



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