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China Can Help the U.S. Tackle Its Social Security Crisis Much has been written about the looming pension crisis in the U.S., Europe and Japan, whose populations are aging. Wharton finance professor Jeremy J. Siegel argues that economic growth in China and the rest of the developing world holds the key to dealing with the impending crunch. |
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Finance & Development
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Japan: Population Aging and the Fiscal Challenge With Japan facing a demographic crisis, government finances--stretched to the limit to keep the economy afloat--have to cope with the rising strain on public pension and health systems. This article looks at the economic and fiscal costs of aging in Japan... |
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Can Japan's Economy Come Back? An aging population and government inaction challenge Japan s faltering economy. |
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The Competitive Edge -- When It Comes To The Economy, Population Matters Based on demographic trends, Asia's population could grow to become the most productive in the world. |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2006
Carone & Costello |
Can Europe Afford to Grow Old? The EU must face up to recent projections showing that aging will have a major economic and budgetary impact. |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2006
Bloom & Canning |
Booms, Busts, and Echoes Since 1870 death rates and birth rates have been declining in developed countries. Here's how the biggest demographic upheaval in history is affecting global economic development. |
Finance & Development
June 2011 |
Beyond Retirees How countries change their pension systems and whether they do it in tandem have major implications for global economic health. |
BusinessWeek
January 31, 2005
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Productivity Can Make Up The Gap Demographics will not mean doom if we focus on fostering innovation. |
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Social Insecurity Why an increasing number of countries are turning to market-based pension plans... |
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Remarks by Chairman Ben S. Bernanke The Coming Demographic Transition: Will We Treat Future Generations Fairly? -- Over the next few decades, the U.S. population will grow significantly older, a development that will affect our society and our economy in many ways. |
BusinessWeek
January 31, 2005 |
How Nations Can Age Gracefully Demography is not destiny. As the debate over aging gets under way around the world, it would be wise to keep that in mind. |
Finance & Development
June 2011 |
Balancing the Burden The costs of benefits for current retirees fall more on future Americans than on future Italians. |
Finance & Development
September 2010
Kevin Cheng |
The Long Run Is Near France, like many advanced economies, confronts the expensive needs of a rapidly aging population |
Finance & Development
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How Grim a Fiscal Future? For most advanced economies, both the near term and the longer term are tight, but there are ways to ease budget pressures |
The Motley Fool
July 6, 2009
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China's Getting Old Fast According to an article in last week's The Economist, which references United Nations data on aging trends, China can expect to see an ever-greater portion of retirees dominate its population. And health-care spending should soar. |
BusinessWeek
January 14, 2010
William Pesek |
After the Stimulus Binge, a Debt Hangover Trillions of dollars have been spent keeping the global economy afloat. But now fears about the Great Recession are giving way to worries about something else: The Great Reckoning. |
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National Mobilization: An Option in Future Conflicts? Despite a great deal of hand-wringing on the part of social critics, the really difficult question was not asked: Would a World War II-scale mobilization even have been possible after 9/11 if it had been deemed an appropriate response? |
Finance & Development
June 2011 |
Keeping Smart about the Older Generation Aging populations could throw into question the ability of many countries to provide a decent standard of living for the old without imposing a crushing burden on the young. |
BusinessWeek
January 31, 2005 |
"I Wonder Who Will Support Us" A 30-year-old Japanese shares his concerns about his country's aging crisis and the government's response to it. |
Finance & Development
June 2011 |
How Ready for Pensioners? A new index assesses which countries are the best prepared and which are the worst prepared when it comes to meeting retirees' needs. |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2006
Peter S. Heller |
Asia: Ready or Not The world's most populous continent must prepare now for an aging population. |
Finance & Development
March 2009
Carlo Cottarelli |
Paying the Piper The role of medium-term fiscal policy in rebounding from the crisis. |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2006
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What Is the Demographic Dividend? To the extent that countries meet the challenge of aging by expanding unfunded familial or public transfer programs, asset growth will be reduced, and a second dividend will be diminished. |
The Motley Fool
September 1, 2010
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Three International ETFs Facing Shrinking Populations Take a look at three country-specific ETFs that could face headwinds created by a shrinking population going forward. |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2006
Baily & Farrell |
Breaking Down Barriers to Growth Encouraging competition is key to reviving stalled industrial economies. |
Registered Rep.
October 1, 2006
David A. Geracioti |
Save for Retirement, or Else No matter how you slice it, it's clear that in the future, personal savings will become the most important part of a retirees' income. Recently, Robert Pozen, chairman of MFS Investment Management, described what should be done to fix Social Security and entice workers to save. |
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June 23, 2010 |
The Competitive Edge -- European Weakness a Problem for U.S. Manufacturers U.S. manufacturers will be caught in the downdraft of the European financial crisis. |
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Aging Population Leads to Wrinkle in EU's Outlook Any real estate company looking to do business in Europe should take note, the newborn European Union is growing up -- fast. Granted, aging populations are a global phenomenon, but the issue is dramatic in Europe -- second only to Japan and comparatively worse than the U.S. |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2006
Citrin & Wolfson |
Japan's BACK! Growth in Japan, the world's second-largest economy, would have knock-on effects throughout Asia and the global economy and contribute to a more balanced pattern of global growth. This would also help to reduce global current account imbalances. |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2006
Adair Turner |
Pension Challenges in an Aging World Pensions are high on the policy agenda in many developed countries and, increasingly, in developing countries also. Except where fertility rates are very low, needed pension system adjustments look manageable. |
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Ready, able, and elderly Latin America's demographic profile is gradually turning gray---but the region's retirees aren't watching life from a park bench... |
BusinessWeek
January 13, 2011
Peter Coy |
If Demography Is Destiny, Then India Has the Edge Research from HSBC and Standard Chartered shows the U.S. and other industrialized nations slipping while some surprising leaders emerge. |
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July 19, 2004
Nanette Byrnes |
Comparing Pensions Around the World U.S. businesses do pay the most for employee retirement, but rising costs are now becoming a global phenomenon. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Japan's Economic Outlook Remains Gloomy But Opportunities Exist for Investors Japan's stock market -- and its economy -- have been basket cases for more than a decade. But some sectors of the Japanese economy may be attractive for long-term investors... |
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Avoid the Iceberg That Could Sink Your Portfolio Investors must face the dawn of a new era, one that may bring with it heavy and unprecedented declines in consumer strength and labor power. |
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March 2011
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Healing Health Care Finances Health care presents a daunting fiscal challenge in advanced and emerging economies alike, but reforms can help manage the growth of spending fairly and efficiently. |
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September 1, 2001
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The Truth About Pension Reform Aging populations in industrial and transition countries have provoked heated debate about pension reform -- in particular, about the desirability of abandoning pay-as-you-go schemes in favor of private, funded pensions... |
BusinessWeek
July 5, 2004
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Why Debt Could Drag Japan Back Down As interest rates climb, Tokyo's staggering obligations may bring on a full-scale fiscal crisis. |
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June 1, 2011
Milton Ezrati |
Reconstruction Of A Nation The horrible disaster in Japan has made clear the country's still critical role in the global supply chain and the global economy. |
BusinessWeek
October 27, 2003 |
The BRICs Are Coming -- Fast A Goldman economist talks about rapid growth in Brazil, Russia, India, and China |
Knowledge@Wharton
January 15, 2003 |
The Long, Winding Road to Pension Reform in Latin America Like other nations, countries in Latin America are attempting to make their retirement systems more efficient and responsive to citizens' needs. This is difficult in the best of times. |
BusinessWeek
March 29, 2004
David Fairlamb |
Europe's Pension Problem: Too Few Cradles, Too Few Graves Population trends are forcing drastic reforms in Europe, including reducing people's benefits |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2006
Groome et al. |
Aging and Financial Markets Governments, domestic businesses, and financial markets compete globally for investment capital, and the potential economic effects of aging may adversely influence their competitive positions, as well as macroeconomic and financial stability. |
National Real Estate Investor
June 1, 2005
Anthony Downs |
A Recipe Sure to End the Real Estate Boom Slower growth, higher interest rates, and higher taxes are not a recipe for prosperity. So, real estate will be part of the broader economic suffering required by the adjustments our economy must make. |
Wall Street & Technology
June 2, 2009
Melanie Rodier |
China Wealth Management Market Has Huge Potential Wealth management services from Chinese banks have huge potential, according to a new report. |
BusinessWeek
September 29, 2003
Rich Miller |
Building toward a Worldwide Recovery Growth is picking up around the world as countries slash taxes and cut rates to spur demand. |
Inc.
December 2005
Lora Kolodny |
The Kindest Cut Competition has sparked a global decline in corporate taxes. |
The Motley Fool
February 4, 2010
George Magnus |
The Bungee-Jump Recovery ... and the deadweight of sovereign debt. |
