People who are 65 and up can expect to live longer than ever before. Does it make sense to keep classifying everyone in this group as old? A pair of demographers argue for 'age inflation.'
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Assistant Professor of Political Science and Management, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York)
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Professor of History and Director of the Center for the Study of Inequalities, Social Justice, and Policy, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York)
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Director Emerita of the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York)
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Postdoctoral Fellow and Research Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York)
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Research Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Director Turkana Basin Institute Origins Field School, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York)
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Professor of Political Science, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York)
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Assistant Professor, Technology and Society, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York)
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Assistant Professor, Clinical Psychology, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York)
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York)
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Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York)
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Research Associate Professor of Anthropology, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York)
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Professor of Economics, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York)
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York)
