{"id":133336,"date":"2021-12-30T20:22:42","date_gmt":"2021-12-31T04:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/the-world-ahead-the-true-costs-of-ageing-the-economist"},"modified":"2021-12-30T20:22:42","modified_gmt":"2021-12-31T04:22:42","slug":"the-world-ahead-the-true-costs-of-ageing-the-economist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/the-world-ahead-the-true-costs-of-ageing-the-economist","title":{"rendered":"The World Ahead: the true costs of ageing | The Economist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hJCr5WJapm8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The rich world is ageing fast. How can societies afford the looming costs of caring for their growing elderly populations? film supported by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mission\">@Mission<\/a> Winnow.<\/p>\n<p>00:00 The wealthy world is ageing.<br \/> 01:17 Japan\u2019s elderly population.<br \/> 02:11 The problems of an ageing world.<br \/> 04:01 Reinventing old age.<br \/> 05:48 Unlocking the potential of older years.<br \/> 07:09 Reforming social care.<br \/> 08:20 A community-based approach.<br \/> 11:08 A fundamental shift is needed.<\/p>\n<p>Read our special report on ageing and the economics of longevity here: <a href=\"https:\/\/econ.st\/3EwnCV3\">https:\/\/econ.st\/3EwnCV3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sign up to The Economist\u2019s daily newsletter to keep up to date with our latest stories: <a href=\"https:\/\/econ.st\/3gJBH8D\">https:\/\/econ.st\/3gJBH8D<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Getting to grips with longevity: <a href=\"https:\/\/econ.st\/3DBJU6k\">https:\/\/econ.st\/3DBJU6k<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A small Japanese city shrinks with dignity: <a href=\"https:\/\/econ.st\/3dBDgT2\">https:\/\/econ.st\/3dBDgT2<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/the-world-ahead-the-true-costs-of-ageing-the-economist\">Continue reading \u201cThe World Ahead: the true costs of ageing | The Economist\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The rich world is ageing fast. How can societies afford the looming costs of caring for their growing elderly populations? film supported by @Mission Winnow. 00:00 The wealthy world is ageing. 01:17 Japan\u2019s elderly population. 02:11 The problems of an ageing world. 04:01 Reinventing old age. 05:48 Unlocking the potential of older years. 07:09 Reforming [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":417,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,269],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economics","category-life-extension"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/417"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133336\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}