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#287 Africa Has Too Few People (opens the original)
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There was recently a highly provocative article in the Financial Times. It suggested that there were too few people in Africa. Africa needed more people so that urbanization would increase. This would drive prosperity. The article provoked a robust response from other development economists.A Five Minute ReadShare<a class="button primary" href="https://consumerageism.substack.com
#286 Social Jetlag (opens the original)
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Arriving in San Francisco from London we know what jetlag feels like. Suddenly our internal clock does not match local time, which is 8 hours earlier. We are tired all the time and yet cannot sleep. We are certainly not at our best cognitively. We are told not to make important decisions.There is a different kind of jetlag. We all have a circadian rhythm. Our internal clock tells us when we are active and when we need to sleep. The way we live our lives may not match our natural rhythm. Social p
#285 Dolce & Gabbana Hearing Aids (opens the original)
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Hearing and sight loss can be part of growing old. Why do we view them so differently? 75% of Americans need glasses and 64% wear them or contact lenses. Only 16% of 20–69-year-olds who need a hearing aid wear one.A Five Minute ReadSubscribe nowShareThe Age
#284 Trombones and Old Age (opens the original)
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I have been attending the world’s largest music festival. The BBC Proms runs at the Albert Hall in London throughout the summer. This year there have been 72 concerts featuring 30,000 artists. Domestic and International orchestras perform every night.I recently notice an interesting innovation. Amongst the players in some orchestras were soundproof Perspex screens. It was clear that they were designed to protect the rest of the orchestra from the brass section. There have now been several legal
#283 Will Ageing Populations destroy GDP? (opens the original)
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In 2011–2012, the OECD tested the numeracy and literacy of thirty nine countries. It was called the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC). This was a countrywide assessment of the “human capital” across these countries. I described the results in Newsletter #206. We know from that study that literacy and numeracy are related to individual earnings. The skills profile of a country has also been related to national growth rates. Economists are concerned about the
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