The intergenerational report tries to scare us about ageing. It's an old fear, and wrong

  • Written by: John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland

The “problem” of Australia’s ageing population has been a concern for decades. Indeed, I have aged along with it.

The first official report on the subject was produced in a report of the National Population Council entitled Greying Australia: Future Impacts of Population Ageing, which came out as I entered my 30s, sporting a full...

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