DEMOGRAPHICS

The Long, Good Life

Andrew Scott

Longer, more productive lives will mean big changes to the old rules of aging

Reversing Demographic Decline

Poh Lin Tan

Singapore’s experience in trying to raise its fertility rate offers lessons for other countries

Accepting the reality of secular stagnation

Lawrence H. Summers

New approaches are needed to deal with sluggish growth

Japan's Shrinkonomics

Gee Hee Hong and Todd Schneider

Japan is the world’s policy laboratory for dealing with an aging, shrinking population

Eastern Europe’s Exodus

Maria Petrakis

In Europe’s newest states, emigration compounds the problem of aging populations

Immigrant Swan Song

Giovanni Peri

Immigration can solve the demographic dilemma— but not without the right policies

Getting Older but Not Poorer

David Amaglobeli, Era Dabla-Norris, and Vitor Gaspar

As societies age worldwide, pensions and public policies must adapt

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Youth Rising

Sahiba Chawdhary, Omar Chennafi, and Jjumba Martin

Three under thirty forge their own futures

Access to Finance: Why Aren’t Women Leaning In?

Hanan Morsy

Women are self-selecting out of the African credit market

Where the Sun Shines

Gregor Schwerhoff and Mouhamadou

Renewable energy sources, especially solar, are ideal for meeting Africa’s electrical power needs

60 Years of Uncertainty

Hites Ahir, Nicholas Bloom, and Davide Furceri

Our new index provides novel insights into an amorphous concept

Editor's Letter

Demographics and Destiny

When I visit my home country, India, I am always struck by how young it looks. From the big cities to the tiny villages, one can see the hopes and aspirations of twenty-somethings, many in search of work.

Picture This

Coming of Age

Neil Ruiz, Luis Noe-Bustamante, and Nadya Saber

By 2050, as birth rates continue to drop and people live longer, the world’s population will change

In the Trenches

Rebuilding Somalia

Finance Minister Abdirahman Dualeh Beileh sees hope for his country’s economic development

Book Reviews

Good Economics for Hard Times , Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo

Capitalism, Alone: The Future of the System That Rules the World , Branko Milanovic

Narrative Economics—How Stories Go Viral and Drive Major Economic Events , Robert Shiller

Currency Notes

Natural Treasures

Samoa honors its environmental heritage in colorful currency

Melinda Weir