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Aging Populations: A Blessing for Business

The global population age 60-and-over will encompass more than one in five human beings by mid-century, rising from 900 million in 2015 to 2.1 billion in 2050, according to the World Health Organization. Those 60 and older will soon...
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Paul Irving

Senior Advisor, Future of Aging
Paul Irving is a corporate and nonprofit director and advisor to leaders in business, philanthropy, and academia. Irving is a senior advisor at the Milken Institute, a national advisor at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, a national law and consulting firm, and a distinguished scholar-in-residence at the University of Southern California Leonard Davis School of Gerontology.
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Experienced Talent Can Power Social Change

Attorney, venture capitalist, and Portland native Ken Harris was ripe for retirement—a notion he rejected in favor of working with a nonprofit that could use his expertise. “To me, that’s what life is all about,” said Ken. “What can you do...
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Why Don't Businesses Thrill Older Customers?

Global aging has largely been described as a story of more—more years of living and more older adults. Interpreters of this demographic trend rightly describe it as an opportunity for business. Estimates suggest that the 50+ marketplace may...
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Let People Choose How They Age

My mother lived well into her 90’s, beating her life expectancy by almost 40 years. Her generation followed an established life path—work at one job or career until retirement. Then, with your few remaining years, travel and spend time with...
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Joan Ruff

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Solving the Longevity Wealth Crisis

The oldest age at which 50 percent of babies born in 2007 are predicted to still be alive in the United States is 104, according to the Human Mortality Database, the University of California, Berkeley, and Germany’s Max Planck Institute for...
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Robert R. Johnson

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