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AARP: appeal to baby boomers
center-left political persona
civic engagement campaigns
coalition-building
commercial trust brand
conservative criticisms of
diversity mission
liberal criticisms of
“Life @ 50+” conferences
mission of
name change
Novelli background
origins of
power of
reorganization
role in senior power potential
Rother background. See also AARP consumer services
AARP policies on health care
AARP policies on Social Security/Medicare
AARP social policies; AARP warrior brand
“Life @ 50+” conferences
“AARP: Making Money, Losing Trust” (Bloomberg News)
AARP: The Magazine
AARP Bulletin
AARP consumer services: and AARP mission
criticisms of
and economic anxieties
and rebranding
and reorganization
and trust image
and warrior brand
AARP Financial Services
AARP Foundation
AARP Grassroots America
AARP Magazine
AARP policies on health care: and AARP blueprint publications
and age/race divide
conservative criticisms of
and diversity mission
“Divided We Fail” campaign
liberal criticisms of
Medicare Modernization Act
and presidential election (2008)
and rebranding
and single-payer system. See also AARP role in Obama administration health care reform
AARP policies on Social Security/Medicare: and AARP baby boomer appeal
blueprint publications
and Bush privatization reforms
conservative criticisms of
current issues
and health care reform
and rebranding
AARP rebranding
and baby boomer appeal
and consumer services
and diversity mission
and fiftieth anniversary
and policies on health care
AARP role in Obama administration health care reform
and age/race divide
and age split
criticisms of
current defense
and “Divided We Fail” campaign
donut hole reform
endorsement assumptions
and Medicare spending reductions
and public trust
and senior power potential
and Tea Party movement
AARP Services
AARP social impact agenda. See AARP warrior brand
AARP social policies: age discrimination
globalization
immigration. See also AARP policies on health care
AARP policies on Social Security/Medicare
AARP warrior brand
AARP VIVA
AARP warrior brand
and baby boomer appeal
and center-left persona
and consumer services
and member value goals
and role in Obama administration health care reform. See also AARP policies on health care
AARP policies on Social Security/Medicare
AARP role in Obama administration health care reform
Abramowitz, Alan
Achenbach, Joel
affirmative action
age cohorts
age discrimination
age/race divide
and AARP diversity mission
and AARP role in Obama administration health care reform
California as microcosm
and negative labeling of baby boomers
and Obama administration health care reform
and politics
and populism
progressive attempts to bridge
and public-private sector pension disparities
and senior power potential
and views on immigration. See also social cohesion/fragmentation
Aging Nation (Shulz & Binstock)
Alwin, Duane F.
American Association of Retired Persons. See AARP
American Seniors’ Association
Americans for Generational Equity
Americans for Stable Quality Care
Andrus, Ethel Percy
Angelou, Maya
Anrig, Greg
antitax populism. See populism
Antos, Joseph
Arends, Brett
Aubry, Jean-Pierre
baby boomer commonalities: and individualism
and mortality awareness
optimism
and popular culture
and senior power potential
and sixties social movements. See also baby boomer individualism; senior power potential
baby boomer generation: age divisions within
conservatism
defined
demographics
favorable views of
inequalities within
lack of political consciousness
as market
origins of
personality traits
size of. See also negative labeling of baby boomers
senior power potential
Baby Boomer Headquarters.com
baby boomer individualism
and AARP baby boomer appeal
and consensus
and marketing
and negative labeling
and responses to Great Recession
and senior power potential
and societal transformation
Bai, Matt
Baldwin, Bill
Balsamic Dreams (Queenan)
Barone, Michael
Beinart, Peter
Bennet, Michael
Bernstein, Carl
Better Health Care Together
“Betting on the Market” (PBS)
Binstock, Robert
Birth Quake (Macunavich)
Black, Lewis
Blake, Tom
blue-collar workers. See class divide
Bluestone, Barry
Bond, Julian
Boom! (Brokaw)
boomers. See baby boomer generation
Boomsday (Buckley)
Bowling Alone (Putnam)
Brady, David
Brazile, Donna
Brennan, John
Briand, Paul
Broder, David
Brokaw, Tom
Brooks, David
Brown, Jerry
Brown, Pat
Brown, Peter
Brownstein, Ronald
Buckley, Christopher
Burns, Ken
Burns, Scott
Bush, George W.: and class divide
and culture wars
and mistrust of government
and mortality awareness
and senior power potential
Social Security privatization proposals
Bush, Laura
Business Roundtable
California: America’s High-Stakes Experiment (Schrag)
age/race divide
populism
California crisis
California Forward
Campbell, Andrea Louise
Canada
Canadian Association for Fifty-Plus (CARP)
Carville, James
Case, Steve
Case-Kirschling, Kathleen
Cato Institute
Cauchon, Dennis
A Changing Political Landscape (AARP)
Chernow, Ron
Chicago (band)
Citizens United
civic engagement campaigns
civic society. See social cohesion/fragmentation
Civic Ventures
civil rights movement. See sixties social movements
class divide: and AARP policy agenda
and baby boomer demographics
Canada
and early retirement
and education
globalization as cause of
and immigration
and inheritance
and negative labeling of baby boomers
and patriotism
and politics
and presidential election (2008)
regional patterns
and senior power potential
and sixties social movements
and social fragmentation
and Tea Party movement
and university communities
and views on globalization
class status: and attitudes toward retirement
and Great Recession. See also class divide
Clinton, Bill: and class divide
and health care reform
and mortality awareness
and negative labeling of baby boomers
and presidential election (2008)
and senior power potential
and sixties social movements
Clinton, Hillary. See also presidential election (2008)
Clurman, Ann
Cohen, Richard
Coile, Courtney
Cole, Natalie
Comeback America: Turning the Country Around and Restoring Fiscal Responsibility (Walker)
Coming Generational Storm, The (Kotlikoff & Burns)
Comte, Auguste
Concord Coalition
Connolly, Ceci
Conrad, Kent
consensus. See also baby boomer commonalities
senior power potential
conservatism
consumerism
Continetti, Mathew
convergence. See also baby boomer commonalities
senior power potential
Corporation for National and Community Services
corporations
and “Life @ 50+” conferences. See also retirement funding
risk shift
Craig, Larry
Cronkite, Walter
culture wars
Daneage (Denmark)
Daniels, Mitch
Daum, Meghan
Davis, Gray
de Passe, Suzanne
de Tocqueville, Alexis
death panel accusations
Decker, Cathleen
Deets, Horace
Delahanty, Hugh
delayed retirement
demographics: baby boomer generation
regional patterns. See also age/race divide
Didion, Joan
“Divided We Fail” campaign. See also AARP policies on health care
Dobbs, Lou
Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
donut hole
Dowd, Maureen
Dreyfuss, Barbara
Durkheim, Emile
Dychtwald, Ken
early retirement
Ebeling, Andrea
Ebert, Roger
economic anxieties: and AARP consumer services
and attitudes toward retirement
and Great Recession
and senior power potential
and Tea Party movement. See also health care
risk shift
economic inequalities. See class divide
Edsall, Thomas
education: baby boomer demographics
California as microcosm
Eisenhower, Susan
Eisenhower cohort
Eldercare
elites. See class divide
An Empire Wilderness (Kaplan)
employment: baby boomer demographics
delayed retirement
public-private sector pension disparities
self-employment
telecommuting. See also retirement
risk shift
entitlements. See Social Security/Medicare
Eons.com
ethnic diversity: AARP mission
and social fragmentation. See also immigration
race
Families USA
family structure: and AARP baby boomer appeal
and baby boomer demographics
and civic engagement campaigns
and Great Recession
and risk shift
and societal transformation
famiy status
Farrell, Diana
Feld, Peter
feminism. See also sixties social movements
Fenacom (Italy)
Fields, Sally
50+: Igniting a Revolution to Reinvent America (Novelli)
Fineman, Howard J.
Fisher, Marc
Fisher, Patrick
“Focalyst”
Forgive Us Our Debts (Yarrow)
401(k) accounts. See also retirement funding
French, Steve
Frey, William
Friedman, Thomas J.
Furlong, Mary
“Future Champions” AARP campaign
Gates, Bill
Gawiser, Sheldon
Gen Y (Millennial Generation)
gender: and AARP board
AARP diversity mission
and AARP membership
and baby boomer demographics
and baby boomers as market
and “Life @ 50+” conferences
Generation Ageless (Smith & Clurman)
Generation America
Generation X
Generation Zero (Citizens United)
generations: American classifications
concept of
Generations (Strauss & Howe)
Gillon, Steve
Gingrich, Newt
globalization
and AARP policies
and baby boomer class status
as cause of class divide
class divide as influence on views of
and immigration
and risk shift
and social cohesion/fragmentation
and societal transformation
Glover, Danny
Goldsmith, James
Gosselin, Peter
grandparents
Grassley, Charles
Gray Dawn (Peterson)
Great Recession
and AARP organizational identity
and attitudes toward retirement
and baby boomer class status
baby boomer responses to
California as microcosm
and civic engagement campaigns
and consensus
and economic anxieties
and family structure
and health care reform
impact on retirement funds
and lack of mass protest
and populism
real estate collapse
recovery possibilities
and risk shift
and senior power potential
and societal transformation
and unemployment
The Great Risk Shift (Hacker)
Greater Generation (Steinhorn)
Greatest Generation
Greenberg, Stanley
Greenwald, Mathew
Greenwald, Matt
Gregg, Judd
Gross, Michael
Gross V. FBL Financial Services
Hacker, Jacob
Hais, Michael D.
Handy, Joanne
Hansen, Jennie Chin
Hansen, Victor David
Harrington, Scott
health care: AARP services
and attitudes toward retirement
and baby boomer commonalities
for public-sector workers
and risk shift
and self-employment. See also AARP policies on health care
risk shift
health care reform: and senior power potential
and Tea Party movement. See also AARP role in Obama administration health care reform
HealthActionNow.org
Healthy Economy Now
Heritage Foundation
Hewitt, Paul
Hill, Anita
Holtzman, Jody
How Policies Make Citizens (Campbell)
How to Talk to the Public about Health Care Reform (AARP)
Howe, Neil
Hughes, Mary Elizabeth
Hutton, Will
Ignatieff, Michael
immigration: AARP policies
age/race divide as influence on views of
avoidance of issue
California as microcosm
as cause of class divide
class divide as influence on views of
and Obama administration health care reform
regional patterns
and social fragmentation
and societal transformation. See also age/race divide
income levels
Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs). See also retirement funding
individualism. See baby boomer individualism
inheritance
IRAs. See Individual Retirement Accounts
job loss. See unemployment
Johnson, Andrew
Jones, Landon
Jones, Larry W.
Jones, Quincy
Jong, Erica
Kamarck, Elaine
Kaplan, Robert
Katz, Richard
keepmedicarefair.org
Kennedy, Caroline
Kennedy, Ted
Kerkorian, Paul
Kerry, John
Khan, Chaka
Kinsley, Michael
Kohut, Andrew
Kotkin, Joel
Kotlikoff, Laurence J.
Kristof, Nicholas
Kristol, William
Lasch, Christopher
Leadership Council of Aging Organization
LeaMond, Nancy
Levine, Philip
Lewis, Jerry
“Life @ 50+” conferences
fiftieth anniversary
“Lifetuner” website
Light, Paul
Limbaugh, Rush
Lipset, Seymour Martin
The Lives and Times of Baby Boomers (Hughes & O’Rand)
The Long Baby Boom (Goldsmith)
Longman, Phillip
Lusardi, Annamaria
MacKay, Carleen
MacManus, Susan A.
Macunavich, Diane
Maddow, Rachel
Mann, Jennifer
Mannheim, Karl
marijuana use
Marquardt, Elizabeth
marriage. See family structure
Marx, Karl
McCain, John. See presidential election (2008)
McCaughey, Betsy
“Me Generation” stereotype
Medicare: donut hole
Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act (1988)
Medicare Modernization Act (2003)
spending reduction proposals. See also AARP policies on Social Security/Medicare
Social Security/Medicare
Medigap insurance
Melnick, Mark
meritocracy
methodology
Meyer, Dick
Milbank, Dana
Millennial Generation (Gen Y)
Millennial Makeover (Winograd & Hais)
Mills, C. Wright
Mincer, Julian
minorities. See race
mistrust of government
and AARP baby boomer appeal
and baby boomer commonalities
and Bush administration
and “Divided We Fail”
campaign
increase in
and Obama administration
and single-payer health care system
and Tea Party movement
Mitchell, Olivia
Modern Maturity
Moore, Michael
Moore, Stephen
Morris, Charles
mortality awareness
Mulligan, Casey
Munnell, Alicia
music. See popular culture
My Generation (AARP)
Myers, Dowell
Nannis, Drew
National Coalition for Healthcare Reform
National Federation of Independent Businesses
National Retired Teachers Association (NRTA)
Neas, Ralph
negative labeling of baby boomers
and class divide
and individualism
and presidential election (2008)
and senior power potential
and sixties social movements
Nelson, Tom
Noonan, Peggy
Novelli, Bill: and AARP center-left political persona
and AARP policies on health care
and AARP power
and AARP rebranding
on baby boomer commonalities
background of
conservative criticisms of
and diversity mission
50+: Igniting a Revolution to Reinvent America
liberal criticisms of
and presidential election (2008)
retreat from agendas of
and risk shift
Obama, Barack: and baby boomers as market
and class divide
and Gen Y
and globalization
and mistrust of government
and negative labeling of baby boomers
and retirement funds
and senior power potential. See also AARP role in Obama administration health care reform
presidential election (2008)
occupational status. See employment
Okrent, Daniel
Olsen, Erik F.
One Nation after All (Wolfe)
Opdyke, Jeff
optimism
O’Rand, Angela M.
Organizing for America
Orszag, Peter
outsourcing. See globalization
Palin, Sarah
Pardo, Emilio
Parekh, Millie
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010). See health care reform
patriotism
Paulson, Hank
Peck, Don
Pelosi, Nancy
Penn, Mark
pension plans. See retirement funding
Pepper, Claude
Peter G. Peterson Foundation
Peterson, Peter
Petty, Richard
Pink, Daniel
political correctness
politics: AARP center-left persona
and age/race divide
and class divide
cohort effects
and Gen Y
and social fragmentation. See also senior power potential
Pollack, Ron
popular culture: and AARP baby boomer appeal
and AARP rebranding
and baby boomer commonalities
and California
intergenerational sharing
and “Life @ 50+” conferences
and negative labeling of baby boomers
and populism
populism: and age/race divide
California as microcosm. See also Tea Party movement
Porter, Jack
presidential election (2008): and AARP center-left political persona
and AARP policies on health care
and baby boomer stereotypes
and baby boomers as market
and class divide
and cohort effects
and economic anxieties
and Gen Y
and “Life @ 50+” conferences
and negative labeling of baby boomers
regional patterns
and senior power potential
and sixties social movements
“The Problem of Generations” (Mannheim)
Progressive era
progressivism
“Project Prepare” AARP campaign
Proposition 13 (California)
Proposition 209 (California)
public-private sector pension disparities
Putnam, Robert
Quality Care Coalition
Queenan, Joe
race: and AARP board
AARP diversity mission
and AARP membership
and baby boomer demographics
and class divide
and education
and immigration
and “Life @ 50+” conferences
and Obama candidacy
and societal transformation
and Tea Party movement. See also age/race divide
immigration
Rand, A. Barry
Reagan, Ronald
real estate collapse. See also Great Recession
Reich, Robert
Reimagining America: How America Can Grow Old and Prosper (AARP)
Repair California
Restoring Fiscal Sanity (Rivlin & Antos)
retirement: attitudes toward
delayed
early
and economic anxieties
and mortality awareness
and occupational status. See also retirement funding
Social Security/Medicare
retirement funding: defined-benefit plans
impact of stock market crash on
lack of planning
planning for
private pension underfunding
public pension underfunding
public-private pension disparities
and risk shift. See also economic anxieties
risk shift
The Revolt of the Elites (Lasch)
Rich, Frank
Rider, Wynona
Riemer, Hans
Right Americans—Feeling Wronged
risk shift
and AARP policies
and family structure
and Great Recession
and health care
and retirement planning
Rivlin, Alice M.
Roberts, Sam
Robinson, Smokey
rock and roll. See popular culture
Roosevelt, Franklin
Roosevelt, Theodore
Rose, Charlie
Rother, John: and AARP baby boomer appeal
and AARP role in Obama administration health care reform
background of
and health care reform
on risk shift
on senior power potential
on Social Security/Medicare
Running on Empty (Peterson)
Russert, Tim
Samuelson, Paul
Samuelson, Robert J.
Savage, David
Savage, Luiza
Schilling, Chelsea
SCHIP (States Children’s Health Insurance Program)
Schrag, Peter
Schulz, James
Schumpeter, Joseph
Schwarzenegger, Arnold
Seelye, Katherine Q.
Segunda Juventud
SEIU (Service Employees International Union)
self-employment
senior citizen discounts
senior organizations
senior power potential
AARP role
and age discrimination
and age/race divide
and attitudes toward retirement
and baby boomer lack of political consciousness
and class divide
consensus/convergence theories
as dormant
and economic anxieties
and Eisenhower cohort
and future entitlement conflict
and Gen Y
and Great Recession
and health care reform
and individualism
as myth
and negative labeling of baby boomers
and Obama candidacy
Republican views on
and senior organizations
and Social Security/Medicare
and tailored engagement
and Tea Party movement
Seniors Coalition
Serve America Act
Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
Shepherd, Cybill
Sicko
Silent Generation
Simon, Paul
Simpson, Alan
single-payer health care
sixties social movements: and AARP policy agenda
and baby boomer commonalities
and baby boomer political consciousness
and consensus
and culture wars
and negative labeling of baby boomers
and presidential election (2008)
Sixty-Plus Association
Slon, Steve
Smith, Anna Deavere
Smith, J. Walker
Smith, Marie
Smith, Walter
Smothers Brothers
Snow, Tony
social cohesion/fragmentation
California as microcosm
civic engagement campaigns
and ethnic diversity
and globalization
and immigration
and senior power potential. See also age/race divide
class divide
Social Security. See AARP policies on Social Security/Medicare
Social Security/Medicare
Social Security/Medicare: attitudes toward
baby boomer attitudes toward
and baby boomer commonalities
baby boomer dependence on
bankruptcy predictions
donut hole
early benefit claims
future conflict
and immigration
origins of
and senior power potential
and Tea Party movement. See also AARP policies on Social Security/Medicare
social support networks. See also family structure
societal transformation
California as microcosm
historical concerns about
and immigration. See also age/race divide
class divide
globalization
risk shift
socioeconomic status. See class divide
Sociological San Andreas Fault Line. See age/race divide
Spengler, Oswald
Spielberg, Steven
Stanford, Percil
Starr, Kevin
States Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)
Steinhorn, Leonard
Stern, Andy
Stern, Heather
Stevens, Paul
stock market crash (2008)
and AARP
and health care reform
and methodology
and pension plans
and risk shift. See also Great Recession
Strauss, William
Sullivan, Andrew
Sunbelt
Supercapitalism (Reich)
tailored engagement
talk radio
Tapscott, Mark
TARP (Troubled Asset Relief Program)
Tau, Rich
Taylor, James
Taylor, Jeff
Tea Party movement: and AARP policies on health care
and class divide
demographics
and economic anxieties
and mistrust of government
and senior power potential
and Social Security/Medicare
Teixeira, Ruy
telecommuting
television. See popular culture
Third Millennium
Tiagi, Amelia
Todd, Chuck
Tonnies, Ferdinand
triple divide. See age/race divide
Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP)
trust. See mistrust of government
social cohesion/fragmentation
Underhill, Paco
unemployment: and age discrimination
early retirement
and individualism
and societal transformation
Union Democracy (Lipset)
United Healthcare. See AARP consumer services
United Seniors Association
USANext
Van Atta, Dale
Vanderkam, Laura
Vietnam War
Viguerie, Richard
Villaraigosa, Antonio
Viva su Segunda
Volcker, Paul
volunteerism. See civic engagement campaigns
vulnerability. See mortality awareness
Wall Street Journal. See also specific journalists
Walters, Dan
Warner, Judith
Warren, Elizabeth
warrior brand. See AARP warrior brand
Weber, Max
Wessel, David
Westheimer, Dr. Ruth
White Collar (Mills)
Whitman, Meg
Will, George
Williams, Brian
Williamson, John B.
Winerip, Michael
Winograd, Morley
Wolfe, Alan
Wolfe, Tom
The World Is Flat (Friedman)
Yardeni, Edward
Yarrow, Andrew L.
Zakaria, Fareed
Zogby, John
Zweig, Jason