This time on The Big Middle, we’re homing in on the intersection of rapid population ageing and globalisation - the two biggest social transformations of our times.
How does the longevity revolution sit in the context of politics, economics and geography? It’s a big, almost impenetrable issue. But we’re in the capable hands of UK gerontologist Martin Hyde, a distinguished academic from Swansea University by way of the universities of Bristol, Manchester and others.
He co-wrote Ageing and Globalisation, the only book on this sweeping subject, in 2016.
When he’s not lecturing the gerontologists of the future from his home perch in Wales, he’s editing gerontology journals and whizzing round the world giving keynotes at conferences. I reached him at his home in Swansea.
Notes

geo-contextual shifts of population ageing
nation-states and how they fit into global matrix
how older individuals and nations buffeted by globalisation can still influence agendas
portable pensions?
the future of retirement
fears over 'age capture' are unfounded
lifelong learning and the concept of time redistribution
reasons to be cheerful?

Links

Martin's book Ageing and Globalisation
Chapter 19: Ageing, Diversity + Equality of Martin's book\
Martin's bio Swansea University
Martin developed + curates Casp10.com, a website measuring quality of life in later life
Martin on Twitter
The Observer article mentioned: UK elderly suffer worst poverty rate in western Europe

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