Towards a Positive Equilibrium for Ageing Societies

Most of the debate on ageing has centred on how to ensure long-term financial sustainability. Much suggests that we have allowed ourselves to get too bogged down in demographic and actuarial arithmetic at the expense of grander visions of a good, just and productive society in which, as it happens,...

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Link(s) zu Dokument(en):WIFO Publikation
Veröffentlicht in:WIFO Studies
1. Verfasser: Gosta Esping-Andersen
Format: book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2003
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Zusammenfassung:Most of the debate on ageing has centred on how to ensure long-term financial sustainability. Much suggests that we have allowed ourselves to get too bogged down in demographic and actuarial arithmetic at the expense of grander visions of a good, just and productive society in which, as it happens, ageing looms large. This paper is meant to stimulate the latter kind of concern ...