More of us are living longer helped by better healthcare and better food, but an ageing global population presents its own challenges. A little Bushidō in our lunches could help.

Sean Fleming 22 Feb 2019

Workforce and Employment

6 steps to ensuring your company has a glow of well-being

A majority of employees in most parts of the world don't take their company's well-being schemes seriously – a sign that employers need to do more.

Laura Sejen, Mark Maselli, and John Ball 16 Jan 2019

Education, Gender and Work

How South Korea is using gender equality to fix its demographic crisis

South Korea is introducing a raft of measures to show women more respect, designed to encourage them to have more children.

Joori Roh · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 10 Jan 2019

Ageing

These are the world’s best countries to retire in, as of 2019

With the whole world to choose from, where would you choose to spend your golden years? This year's Global Retirement Index selects the top 10 destinations for retirees.

Johnny Wood 08 Jan 2019

Ageing

An ageing workforce isn't a burden. It's an opportunity

For the first time since 1948, retirement-age employees outnumber teenagers in the American workforce. It's time to embrace the five-generation workplace.

Jo Ann Jenkins 03 Jan 2019

Future of Health and Healthcare

Health inequalities: the impact of gender and education

A new study sheds light on health inequalities in Europe, the UK and the US across different education levels and gender.

Radim Bohacek · VoxEU 07 Dec 2018

Future of Health and Healthcare

Why we'll never live forever

A Dutch study has set the maximum average lifespan for human beings at 115 years.

Dom Galeon · Futurism 27 Nov 2018

Environment and Natural Resource Security

Human evolution is still happening – possibly faster than ever

You might think modern medicine's ability to keep us alive would have put a halt on evolution - you'd be wrong.

Laurence D. Hurst · The Conversation 19 Nov 2018

Ageing

To be fair or to be sustainable? That is the (retirement) question

Chile's pensions system is one of the most sustainable in the world, but it scores less highly on measures of adequacy. The government is proposing reforms to address this, and close the ...

Amish Gandhi 05 Nov 2018

Ageing

Global ageing is a challenge - and an opportunity

Global projections for 2050 are mind-boggling: 1.6 billion people aged 65 and over and a $400 trillion retirement savings gap. Our elderly population deserves better than that.

Daniel Houston 02 Nov 2018

Ageing

Younger Americans are better than their elders at separating fact and opinion

In a Pew Research survey, US adults were asked to categorize five factual statements and five not so factual - with younger respondents doing best.

Jeffrey Gottfried and Elizabeth Grieco · Pew Research Center 25 Oct 2018

India

Life expectancy in India has increased by 11 years since 1990

Dramatic improvements in the health of the Indian economy have translated into substantial benefits for its citizens, who can now look forward to higher rates of education and a longer li...

Sean Fleming 16 Oct 2018

Ageing

Subsidising long-term care: Lessons from subsidy expansions and cuts

Many European countries are revisiting how best to finance long-term care, balancing financial sustainability and the economic welfare of households. Using examples of Spain and Scotland,...

Joan Costa-i-Font · VoxEU 12 Oct 2018

Future of Economic Progress

How can we age healthily?

As populations age, our view of what it means to become older will have to change.

Marcia G. Ory, Basia Belza, and Matthew Lee Smith · The Conversation 01 Oct 2018

China

In China, retired people are queuing up to go back to university

Universities for seniors allows the ageing population to learn new skills and maintain a higher standard of health and emotional well being.

Neha Thirani Bagri · Quartz 17 Sep 2018

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