Ageing and Longevity

This is why we’ll probably have to work longer than our parents did

An elderly woman crosses a street in downtown Shanghai March 16, 2012. China's National Social Security Fund, which manages the country's biggest pension fund worth 869 billion yuan ($137.2 billion), made a 5.6 percent return on investments last year, it said on Thursday, up from the prior year's 4.2 percent. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (CHINA - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY)

A woman crosses the street in Shanghai, March 16, 2012. Image: REUTERS/Carlos Barria

John Letzing
Digital Editor, Strategic Intelligence, World Economic Forum
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