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Ageing Population

The fallacy of a happy, productive and ageing work force

Denyse O'Leary | 17 May 2013 |

tags: ageing population, demography, workforce

Glib answers will not conjure away the hard, cold fact that workers everywhere are getting older and older.

Leaving something to the children

G. Tracy Mehan III | 22 November 2011 |

tags: ageing population, inheritance

In an ageing society, the question of inheritance is complex. Cultural factors count.

Imagine old age without the state

Oskari Juurikkala | 22 November 2011 |

tags: ageing population, family, social security

Governments did not invent social security. They copied it from the oldest social institution in the world.

A slippery slope to forced euthanasia?

Bill Muehlenberg | 05 October 2010 |

tags: ageing population, euthanasia, over-population

Pressure for legalising euthanasia has been stepped up in Australia by the pro-euthanasia Greens.

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