The intergenerational report will try 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...