Through this volume, your readers will evaluate many viewpoints surrounding the aging population, which promotes issue awareness as well as critical thinking. Readers will examine numerous impacts of the aging population, including the economic consequences of an aging population, the social and legal issues of an aging population, social security, and the medical challenges that face an aging population. The viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected and hard-to-find sources and publications. Essay sources include the World Health Organization, the Committee on the Long Run Macroeconomic Effects of the Aging U.S. Population National Research Council, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, and the Los Angeles Times.