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Scientists are working on a new generation of therapies which could prolong years of healthy life
Pandemic has prompted the over-50s to reassess their financial priorities
Up to 1.3m may have left in past 12 months, according to research that questions official data
Data highlight demographic challenges as country faces healthcare, labour and pension strains
Southern Italy’s mob bosses embrace digital platforms as a way to spread their message
Coronavirus has mostly spared teenagers physically but it is taking an alarming toll on their mental health
Loan forgiveness must be carefully targeted and accompanied by broader reforms
National retirement savings scheme could save millions of workers from poverty in old age, says study
Later retirement has investment implications, including putting more money in the vaunted silver purse
From finance and tech to work, consumer trends and energy, FT and Nikkei journalists imagine the world in five years’ time
Boris Starling scours the ONS in order to retell the story of the nation in data
Young people were hard hit by the crisis but older workers will struggle with long-term unemployment
Transfer of wealth will place trillions of dollars under the control of millennials in the coming decades
The economy-sapping shadow cast by Japan’s demographic decline holds sombre lessons for China
Charles Goodhart and Manoj Pradhan forecast a future of secular stagflation in The Great Demographic Reversal
Ravages of the pandemic means shift is needed to boost financial resilience
Country shows that rising living standards can accompany a shrinking population
Lessons from Japan: Why the generation that grew up in stagnation will not take risks
Madeleine Bunting’s timely tour de force exposes a society in which care has been devalued
GCHQ; the vaccine dilemma; Spotify and much more . . .
Urban life will thrive as long as people marry late and divorce often
Pandemic’s economic impact is ‘a catastrophe’ for people already in precarious situation
Purpose, meaning and joy can come from passing on wealth, in a way that makes a difference to others
Gen Z disapproves of millennials sharing private data, using emojis and even having email addresses
Students shared their thoughts on the future of broadcasting and Janelle Oje’s winning blog post is published here
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