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As populations age, pension systems around the world are coming under strain. Governments, employers and economists are searching for ways to alleviate the problem - but could traditional societies hold some valuable lessons?

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Mon 30 Dec 2019 04:50GMT

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Sources

Ache Life History: The Ecology and Demography of a Foraging People, 1996, Kim Hill, A. Magdalena Hurtado. Taylor and Francis

The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Lean from Traditional Societies?

A History of Public Sector Pensions in the United States. Robert L. Clark, Lee A. Craig and Jack W. Wilson, 2003, University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia

Averting the Old Age Crisis: Policies to Protect the Old and Promote Growth, 1994 World Bank

When Nudges Are Forever: Inertia in the Swedish Premium Pension Plan, Henrik Cronqvist, Richard H. Thaler and Frank Yu, AEA Papers and Proceedings, Vol. 108, May 2018

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  • Sat 28 Dec 2019 05:50GMT
  • Sat 28 Dec 2019 14:50GMT
  • Sun 29 Dec 2019 14:50GMT
  • Sun 29 Dec 2019 15:50GMT
  • Sun 29 Dec 2019 22:50GMT
  • Mon 30 Dec 2019 04:50GMT

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