GDP is not always the best indicator of economic performance. Policymakers in search of an alternative should recognize the far-reaching power of healthy life expectancy as a measure not only of individual wellbeing, but of broader macroeconomic conditions as well. Dissatisfaction about GDP is growing. Many economists, policymakers, and other critics question the ability of this central …

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Captain Sir Tom Moore is 100 years old and is one of the greatest heroes of the pandemic in the UK for his charity fundraising. Have you ever wondered what you will be doing at that age? For most of human history that has been a fanciful question. In 1900 British life expectancy at birth …

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