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"A collection of letters, along with biographical information, illustrations, and genealogy of the people who wrote them, interrelated Southern families who lived in the mid-eighteen hundreds." Families lived in Columbus, Augusta, and Louisville, Georgia; and Villula, Union Springs, and Orion, Alabama.
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Leading scholars focus on the economics of aging, with a particular emphasis on the economic future of the baby boom generation. Key themes include the influence of early advantages on later-life economic outcomes (the cumulative advantage/cumulative disadvantage hypothesis); the relationship between inequalities in economic status and inequalities in health status and access to health care; and the consequences of societal choices concerning retirement income systems and policies for financing acute and long-term health care. Contributors include Angela O'Rand, Edward Wolf, Edward Whitehouse, and James Smith.