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Global Business: Growing Old

07/04/2012

Growing Old

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As countries grow old what will be the impact on economies, healthcare and social well being?

As baby boomers start turning 65, many countries are quite suddenly growing old. 

The trend means big changes for the economy, healthcare, social life and a challenge to the assumptions by which we have lived life for the past two centuries. 

Peter Day explains why.

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