In an era where global life expectancy continues to rise, fertility falls and countries are shrinking demographically, the World Economic Forum’s new Longevity Economy Principles are not just ...

Decades of progress in terms of life expectancy, education and economic prosperity have begun ... have slid backwards on the UN's Human Development Index. Covid-19, the war in Ukraine and the ...

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Previous articles have shown that greater economic freedom correlates with longer life expectancy ... a senior technical fellow in research and development.

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The difference in life expectancy among groups jumped to 18.9 years. “It’s not an issue of health only,” Mokdad said. “It’s an income issue. It’s an economic development issue.