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Ageing and the media
February 25th 2019
Simon J. Cox
Emerging Markets Editor /
Senior Economics Writer
The Economist
Hong Kong
@s1moncox
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Nigel Farage, Mr Brexit
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Keanu Reeves
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1999
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2006
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2010
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2011
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2010
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• How much of their output must the working-age generation surrender to the
elderly to equalise the distribution of goods and services?
Thailand 2020 2050
Dependency ratio 18.2 50.0
Support ratio 5.5 2
Sacrifice ratio* 15 33
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Elderly / Working-age
Elderly / (Working-age + Elderly)
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Sacrifice ratio What % of their output must the working-age generation surrender to the elderly to
equalise the distribution of goods?
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2014
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Pre-tiree
The Geriactives
Generation Zzzz
Jaggernaut
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“The English-speaking world thinks of “retirement”,
as “withdrawal to a place of seclusion”...
But not all nations share such etymology…
[The] Spaniards call it jubilación.”
-TRISTAN JONES
Chicago
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Thanks!