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IMF Report - Not a Burden, a Growth Market: Rethinking Aging Through the Lens of Opportunity

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Christopher Smith
Jun 01, 2025
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The IMF’s latest report on the global economic outlook does something rare in Chapter 2. It speaks of aging not just as a crisis, but as a possibility. The language is careful. Aging populations, it says, could drag down growth unless we make structural changes: extend working lives, improve healthcare systems, and adjust fiscal policy. And then, tucked…

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