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Sounds,07 Jan 2022,42 mins

Series Rethink Population

Getting ready for the 100-year life

Rethink

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Amol Rajan and his guests look for some answers on how to tackle the challenges thrown up by demographic change. From the pressure put on governments by burgeoning populations of young people, to the tactics best adopted by those of us planning to live to a hundred. GUESTS Camilla Cavendish, former Director of Policy for Prime Minister David Cameron, Financial Times columnist and author of 'Extra Time: 10 Lessons for an Ageing World' Professor Andrew Scott, Professor of Economics at London Business School and author of 'The 100-Year Life - Living and Working in an Age of Longevity' Dr Eliza Filby writer and historian Professor Ian Goldin, Professor of Globalisation and Development at the University of Oxford and author of 'Is the Planet Full?' Presenter: Amol Rajan Producer: Lucinda Borrell Editor: Kirsty Reid

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