STWR - Share The World's Resources

By 2050 the world’s population is predicted to be just over 9 billion, of whom an unprecedented 22 per cent—some 2 billion people—will be over 60 years old. Without a radical shift in current policies well over half of these, around 1.2 billion, will lack adequate income security, according to a recent UN World Economic and Social Survey 2007: Development in an Ageing World. 

9th Jan 08 - Robin Blackburn, New Left Review

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