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The Buyographics of Aging

How Boomers’ Transition to Seniors Will Define the Economy

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BASHA AND HER HUSBAND ARE GETTING OLDER. YOU MIGHT NOT GUESS that by listening to their daily activity log. They still work—she at a department store and he at a major sports complex—they are active in their community, and he teaches his neighbors how to play tennis.

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Carmichael, M. (2013). The Buyographics of Aging. In: BUYographics. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-51027-3_8

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