“Increasingly elderly populations seen in countries such as Japan and Italy are set to become the norm everywhere in the coming decades. But will a more senior demographic make the cost of state pensions and healthcare unaffordable? And will it kill economic growth?” To read the full article, click here.
Why how long people have been alive is not a good yardstick for judging who is ‘old’ To read the full article, click here.
“I think there is an unwritten law that every article or policy discussion about the ageing population must begin with some scary statistics to frame the debate. So here are a few from the UN. Between 2015 and 2050, the proportion of the world’s population who are more than 60 years old will nearly double …
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