ABSTRACT
In a mostly unexpected way, however, the contemporary American economy finds itself confronted with a new population problem. The dilemma does not arise out of the sheer numbers of its population, but rather from the numbers of that portion of its population that have entered, or are about to enter, their postemployment years. Put simply as a question, the problem is: How and what resources can be provided for sustaining the increasing proportion of the society that, by virtue of age or disability, no longer contributes to national income?
