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Ageing Populations

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  • Friday, 22 January, 2021
    Camilla Cavendish
    Covid shows that ageing is like a disease — we should treat it accordingly

    Scientists are working on a new generation of therapies which could prolong years of healthy life

  • Saturday, 19 December, 2020
    Lex
    Demographics: the army of the old Premium

    Later retirement has investment implications, including putting more money in the vaunted silver purse

  • Monday, 7 December, 2020
    Leo Lewis
    From Tokyo to Beijing, growing old is hard to do

    The economy-sapping shadow cast by Japan’s demographic decline holds sombre lessons for China

  • Wednesday, 2 December, 2020
    ReviewNon-Fiction
    Why economics needs to wake up to ageing populations

    Charles Goodhart and Manoj Pradhan forecast a future of secular stagflation in The Great Demographic Reversal

  • Sunday, 29 November, 2020
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Japan’s lesson on ageing gracefully

    Country shows that rising living standards can accompany a shrinking population

  • Thursday, 26 November, 2020
    ReviewNon-Fiction
    The crisis within Britain’s care system

    Madeleine Bunting’s timely tour de force exposes a society in which care has been devalued

  • Sunday, 25 October, 2020
    Japanese society
    Prime minister floats fertility treatment to boost Japan’s birth rate

    Critics say making IVF cheaper will not address economic insecurity of raising children

  • Saturday, 17 October, 2020
    Lex
    Germany: demographic cliff Premium

    As conventional wisdom is ripped up, smarter money will watch out for clever pivots

  • Thursday, 15 October, 2020
    Balkan Peninsula
    North Macedonia grapples with demographic challenge

    Population decline is biggest test facing the Balkans, says president of Nato’s newest member

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  • Tuesday, 13 October, 2020
    Germany
    German population declines for first time in decade

    Pandemic has caused a fall in net immigration in the first six months, federal data show

  • Sunday, 11 October, 2020
    Lex
    Intergenerational conflict: not OK, boomer Premium

    The under-40s own less than older people did at the same age, but they will soon have more voting power

  • Friday, 14 August, 2020
    Claer Barrett
    Pensions cash a temptation for silver job seekers

    If you’re made redundant in your fifties, should you dip into your retirement funds?

  • Thursday, 6 August, 2020
    Jemima Kelly
    Let’s count age backwards as we get older

    It is better to think of the years left to you than to dwell on the years already lived

  • Friday, 10 July, 2020
    Minouche Shafik
    Redesigning society after Covid-19

    From health to education or debt, there is a deep need for a new social contract

  • Friday, 19 June, 2020
    Lex
    Demographics/coronavirus: longevity proclivity Premium

    The pandemic could be a catalyst for life expectancy to rise, some analysts believe

  • Monday, 15 June, 2020
    ReviewNon-Fiction
    The New Long Life, a manifesto for better later years

    Andrew J Scott and Lynda Gratton want us to reinvent our patterns of work and retirement

  • Monday, 15 June, 2020
    Sebastian Payne
    Spectre of care home deaths hangs over government

    Of all of the UK’s mis-steps in tackling coronavirus, the epidemic among the elderly is the worst

  • Friday, 29 May, 2020
    FTfmJohn Dizard
    Coronavirus will have a long-term impact on work and retirement

    Demographic upheaval will be felt for years to come influencing size of future labour forces

  • Thursday, 28 May, 2020
    Michael Skapinker
    Will ageism get worse in the post-pandemic workplace?

    New focus on older people as ‘vulnerable’ has serious consequences for over-60s at work

  • Friday, 8 May, 2020
    Camilla Cavendish
    The old are not equally vulnerable to Covid-19

    Reducing pensioners to ‘old dears’ ignores their wisdom and physical vitality

  • Friday, 1 May, 2020
    FT CollectionsBest of this week’s opinion
    Obesity dangers make Covid-19 a rebuke to unequal societies

    Excess body fat seems to matter more than heart or lung disease, or smoking, when it comes to catching the virus

  • Saturday, 14 March, 2020
    Liz Kendall
    Fixing social care is more important than potholes

    Johnson’s ‘clear plan’ for the crisis has yet to be seen — action is needed urgently

  • Friday, 13 March, 2020
    Architecture
    Inside architect Sarah Wigglesworth’s age-proofed home

    The house is part of a new movement to deinstitutionalise housing for older people

  • Friday, 28 February, 2020
    Camilla Cavendish
    World must wake up to challenge of longer lifespans

    How well countries age is set to become a major source of competitive advantage

  • Wednesday, 26 February, 2020
    Q&AChart that Tells a Story
    The rising cost of care  

    Wealth gap opens up as few can afford the price of residential care

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