The United Nations predicts that the planet's seven billionth human inhabitant will be born this month, and the global population is expected to reach 10 billion by the end of the century. Furthermore, in a special feature on Demography, the Financial Times commented on 18th October that, "more than 70 ...
The Government's Green Paper, "A State Pension for the 21st Century", has caught public attention this week not simply because it tries to simplify a complex system but more specifically because of the plans to link the state pension age to life expectancy. Increasing the working age to 66 by ...
The 'Jasmine Revolution', spreading through the Arab world in the past month like a prairie fire, has highlighted the power that the internet has to create political change. Using social networking websites such as Facebook and Twitter to organise themselves and to gather support, protestors are putting pressure on autocratic ...
This week I return to familiar ground and make no apology for having another look at demographic trends and our ageing population, a subject which has recently been the focus of attention for the new coalition government.
Last week Jack Goldstone, the author of 'The New Population Bomb' was speaking in Brussels, ...
The debate on pensions, which is directly linked with long-term demographic trends underway, has heated up since I last touched upon the issue in July (see blog of 3 July). I noted then that by 2010 there will be roughly one pensioner to every four people in work in the ...
While everyone's focus remains on the current financial and economic crises, coming out of this downturn will require us to promote enterprise and investment in skills. The question for Europe, however, is how can this be achieved with an ageing population?
The US National Intelligence Council's Global Trends 2025 report highlights ...
