i'm glenn hubbard. >> tom: just a reminder, you find us online at n.b.r. on pbs.org. there you can comment on our blog or watch any programs that you may have missed. or you can follow us on twitter, @bizrpt, or my personal feed, @hudsonnbr. if tweeting isn't your thing, friend us on facebook at bizrpt. >> susie: and finally, last month's royal wedding led to a within with the tsunami left nearly 30,000 people dead or missing. the casualties were overwhelmingly among the elderly, not just because they were more physically vulnerable. the crisis highlights the hazards of an aging population. and as japan grapples with the enormous cost of recovery, the country already has a head start in one area, an innovative job program for working seniors. lucy kraft reports. >> reporter: this is the face of retirement, japanese style. under a pioneering government program, nearly one million able-bodied he woulde-- elderly citizens are urged to keep punching the clock as long as they can. so brigades of seniors spruce up public parks, sweep down sand boxes, and pack origami paper.

. >> reporter: former head of president bush's council of economic advisors glenn hubbard is also aggressively confronted in the film. >> do you think that a significant fraction of the economics discipline, a number of economists, have financial conflicts of interest that in some way might call into question or color. >> i doubt it. most academic economists aren't wealthy business people. >> hubbard makes $250,000 a year as a board member of met life and was formerly on the board of capmark, a major commercial mortgage lender which went bankrupt during the bubble, in 2009. >> reporter: hubbard declined to speak to us on camera. but he points out that his clients are a matter of public record. he says that his ties to the financial industry are right there on his website and in fact that's where you got them. >> some of them are disclosed on his website. they are not however usually disclosed in his publications or his public statements. and his website does not disclose the very large quantity of additional consulting that he does for financial services firms and industry associations. who ar