Over the next 20 years the global population of those aged 65 or more will almost double, from 600m to 1.1b, according to an article from The Economist. The article also notes a new trend: older skilled folk are working longer, whereas employment rates are falling among younger unskilled people. An ageing economy will be a slower and more unequal one - unless policy starts changing now, said the article.
《经济学人》近日刊文称，今后20年全球超过65岁(含)的人口数量将从6亿增至11亿，几近翻番。文章指出一种新趋势：有技能的年长者工作年限越来越长，而无一技之长的年轻人就业率不断下降。文章称，除非政策现在就开始改变，否则人口老龄化国家的经济增长将放慢、不平等现象将加剧。
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