Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. Roszak asserts that the boomer generation will change the meaning of old age, that it will constitute a different kind of older population.
2. According to Goldsmith, the boomer crisis predicted by the “catastropharians” cannot be avoided—it is inevitable.
3. According to multiple AARP surveys, most boomers plan to retire before the age of 65 because they no longer wish to work or because they have the savings to support themselves while not working.
4. According to the essay from The Economist, companies have been quick to focus on the expanding older adult market.
5. Consumers over age 45 comprise what business analyst David Wolfe calls “the new customer majority.”
1. True
2. False
3. False
4. False
5. True
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