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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
Nigel Farage, Mr Brexit
Keanu Reeves
1999
2006
2010
2011
2010
• 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
Elderly / Working-age
Elderly / (Working-age + Elderly)
32
25
20
18
15 15
42
35
27
40
33
31
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
Japan Germany USA SouthKorea
Thailand China
%
2020
2050
Sacrifice ratio What % of their output must the working-age generation surrender to the elderly to
equalise the distribution of goods?
2014
Pre-tiree
The Geriactives
Generation Zzzz
Jaggernaut
“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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