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I think the era of broad prosperity for American seniors will end with the first wave of Baby Boomers, now entering their 60s. Times are tougher for their later Boomer brothers and sisters who entered the labor and housing markets in the late 1970s during tougher economic times.

August 8, 2012, William H. Frey, USA Today

Spending on Children and the Elderly

November 2009, Julia B. Isaacs

Supporting Young Children and Families: An Investment Strategy That Pays

Winter 2008, Julia B. Isaacs

Economic Stimulus and the Budget Deficit

December 9, 2008, Isabel V. Sawhill

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Why We Need to Cut Seniors' Benefits

October 24, 2008, Isabel V. Sawhill

Supporting Young Children and Families: An Investment that Pays

September 2008, Julia B. Isaacs

Impacts of Early Childhood Programs

September 2008, Julia B. Isaacs and Emily Roessel

Revising the Intergenerational Contract

Summer 2008, Emily Monea and Isabel V. Sawhill

The Frayed American Dream

November 28, 2007, Julia B. Isaacs and Isabel V. Sawhill

The Intergenerational Balancing Act: Where Children Fit in an Aging Society

October 17, 2007, Isabel V. Sawhill

Priority or Afterthought? Children and the Federal Budget

March 2007, Julia B. Isaacs and Phillip Lovell

Cost-Effective Investments in Children

January 2007, Julia B. Isaacs

The Future of Children: Fall 2006

2006, Isabel V. Sawhill and Sara McLanahan, eds.

The Effects of Investing in Early Education on Economic Growth

April 2006, Isabel V. Sawhill, Jeffrey Tebbs and William T. Dickens

Debt is Cheating Our Children's Future

April 23, 2006, Isabel V. Sawhill

Domestic Entitlements and the Federal Budget

February 15, 2006, Isabel V. Sawhill

How Public Spending Neglects Children

October 16, 2005, Isabel V. Sawhill

Budget Deficits, Social Security, and Younger Generations

September 13, 2004, Peter R. Orszag

Investing in Children

April 1999, Isabel V. Sawhill