Demographics - PROJECT M

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All is quiet on the Western Front

On ANZAC day, here is a story of two opposing world war one soldiers who never met but whose futures would become entwined

Ursula Staudinger

Robert N. Butler Professor of Sociomedical Sciences and founding director of the Robert N. Butler Aging Center, Columbia University. A life span psychologist and internationally acknowledged aging researcher

Like China in your hands

China’s fragile pension system needs reforms before an aging population risks breaking it

A matter of lifestyle

Why do women, monks and nuns all live longer than men in the general population? The answer is lifestyle, says demographer Marc Luy.

When I was younger, so much younger than today

In the mid- to late-, the Beatles sang to dispel the ghosts of aging. Today’s retirees in the UK and US are more likely to party than lament their age

Work in an automated future

While automatization could make many of today's work obsolete, it could also change the nature of work itself

What are the chances of finding your soulmate?

When you look into your partner’s eyes this Valentine’s Day, will you know if that person is your soul mate?

Holding back the years

Want to see what an aging society will mean for us all? The Future Elderly Model, a microsimulation model tracking the elderly, takes a peek into our future

Ditch the demographic gloom: Europe isn’t dying, yet

The demographic outlook for the West is better than previously thought

Latest pension news from North America

An overview of pension challenges on the North American continent

When Sgt. Pepper taught the band to age - part II

Fifty years ago today, one of the greatest music phenomena of the last century released an iconic song. With that song now turning 50, the Beatles’ audience – the then youthful baby boom generation – is reassessing attitudes to old age

When Sgt. Pepper taught the band to age

Aging: a change of social climate

Delaying pension reforms may be understandable, but it will come at a tremendous cost to aging societies, writes Bill Emmott

How Romans, poets and knights once retired

Providing for the elderly in society is an obligation that goes back to the roots of civilization

Where have South Korea’s babies gone

Despite government efforts to boost fertility rates, structural barriers to having children are high