"Wall Street's a wreck and terrorists are clamoring for WMDs [weapons of mass destruction], but the world's real crisis is far worse: It's getting old, Neil Howe and Richard Jackson write in the Washington Post. By the 2020s, baby boomers will push the median age in Western Europe and Japan to near 50, which means more retirees, high health costs, and probably lower GDPs. The one exception to the hyperaging crisis is America." (Quoted from article)