G-8 Should Tackle Issues of Aging
Michael W. Hodin argues that the aging global population's impact on social stability, economic growth, and fiscal sustainability should be part of the agenda at next month's G-8 summit.
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Michael W. Hodin argues that the aging global population's impact on social stability, economic growth, and fiscal sustainability should be part of the agenda at next month's G-8 summit.
Michael Hodin urges G-20 leaders to think beyond short-term crisis management and create long-term policies that promote economic productivity among the aging.
Robert N. Butler and Michael W. Hodin argue, ""There is solid evidence that aging can be treated as an unprecedented opportunity for investment in economic growth."
Michael W. Hodin argues, "If aging populations can break out of traditional roles of dependency to contribute to social and economic life, societies can find the magical balance of growth and what is now called austerity."
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Michael W. Hodin says today's graduates are facing an unprecedented era of aging populations that will force them to rethink what it means to age and reinvent education so it becomes a lifelong pursuit.
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Michael W. Hodin says the most recent crisis in the Netherlands may actualy be an opportunity for the Dutch to provide an economic model for nations to follow, where an aging population is the solution for economic growth.
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Michael W. Hodin discusses how the demographic shift toward an older population will make current tax policies unsustainable in coming decades.
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Michael W. Hodin says that as more Americans will be over sixty in the 21st century, tax and spend policies will have to shift profoundly if the United States is to avoid burdensome, confiscatory rates on those in the traditional working population.
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Michael W. Hodin states, "Now that the World Health Organization has stepped up and declared both Alzheimer's and aging populations as defining challenges of our era, it is time for our presidential candidates to also get serious and honest about health policy fit for this century's demographics truths."
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Michael W. Hodin argues that the aging global population's impact on social stability, economic growth, and fiscal sustainability should be part of the agenda at next month's G-8 summit.
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Michael W. Hodin argues that lowering the old-age dependency ratio and raising the bar on healthy aging are the keys to stimulating U.S. economic growth.
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Michael Hodin says the path to fiscal sustainability lies in funding research programs and healthy aging initiatives that reduce the government outlays needed to care for an aging population.
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Michael Hodin urges U.S. presidential candidates to consider how women can be economically empowered in their senior years.
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Michael Hodin urges G-20 leaders to think beyond short-term crisis management and create long-term policies that promote economic productivity among the aging.
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Michael W. Hodin says Australia's recognition that its economic success in the coming decades hinges on dealing with aging populations is a step in the right direction, but a paradigm shift that enables a reasonable percentage of individuals over age sixty-five to remain economically active still needs to occur.
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Trends in global aging in the coming decades pose serious fiscal challenges to developed and developing nations unless longstanding social policies are revamped, says CFR's Michael Hodin.
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Robert N. Butler and Michael W. Hodin argue, ""There is solid evidence that aging can be treated as an unprecedented opportunity for investment in economic growth."
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