Author: lwalker
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LA Times: Op-Ed Why we need a global institution for an aging world
The COVID-19 pandemic has made global aging impossible to ignore. This pandemic is the first to occur since the world’s population of those older than 65 exceeded the population of children under 5 — and COVID-related mortality rises sharply with age. Click here to read the full article.
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a16z: The Average American Would Pay $242,000 For One Extra Year of Good Health
From one of the oldest known works of literature, The Epic of Gilgamesh, which chronicles a mythical quest for immortality, to today’s media fascination with young blood-transfusing biohackers, the notion of conquering aging has long captured our imagination. Conspicuously missing from this narrative, however, is an economic perspective: the monetary implications of curbing aging. For full article…
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BBC Radio: Getting ready for the 100-year life
Click here to listen to the radio programme from BBC “Rethink Population.”
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Audio conversation on Health Policy papers, published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity
To listen to the audio podcast from The Lancet Healthy Longevity, click here. Professor Andrew J.Scott discusses his two Health Policy papers, published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity, on the importance of achieving a longevity society and longevity economy.
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The Lancet Healthy Longevity: The Longevity Society
As the demographic transition enters a new stage of a longevity transition, focus needs to extend beyond an ageing society towards a longevity society. An ageing society focuses on changes in the age structure of the population, whereas a longevity society seeks to exploit the advantages of longer lives through changes in how we age.…
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The Lancet Healthy Longevity: The Longevity Economy
The fact that people are on average living healthier, longer lives than previously has the potential to be positive for the economy, offsetting the negative economic effects of an ageing society. A longevity economy will see a shift in the mix of sectors in the economy, with both health and education expanding further and new…
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Lancet Healthy Longevity: A timely call to establish an international convention on the rights of older people
Global pandemics inevitably reveal many vulnerabilities in national and global health systems, as well as society more broadly. The COVID-19 pandemic has amplified the importance of public health, the value of therapeutic medicine, and the power of vaccines. The pandemic has also made apparent stark inequities in access to testing, treatment, and vaccines. Click here to…
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Infographic Economic Value of Targeting Aging
For the full paper in Nature Aging, please click here.
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Working Life: Labour supply, ageing and longevity
The labour supply of older workers is set to be a key policy issue in the years ahead. An ageing society is leading to an increasing number of older people and longevity to longer lives and changes in the life course. Both forces are leading to increased labour market participation at older ages. As retirement…