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Redefining Asia: How Asia Is Disrupting Aging

Our world is about to be turned upside down. Next year, the number of people 65 and older will outnumber children under age 5. Around the world, countries are preparing to meet the challenge of aging and its consequences. At AARP, we’re...
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Jo Ann Jenkins

CEO, AARP
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Lessons of the Millennium Development Goals

Did the United Nations' ambitious Millennium Development Goals improve the health of people in emerging regions of the world? In this paper, a discussion of the precursors of higher living standards and better health, Milken Institute...
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Ken Sagynbekov

Formerly Milken Institute

Are Millennials Ready for a 100-Plus-Year Life?

Dear Millennial, Are You Ready for a 100+ Year Life? I usually write about aging and older adults, but lately I've been thinking about the implications of longer lives for millennials. We're in the midst of a global demographic shift...
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Technology: Catalyst for a New Era of Aging in Place

In Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 film “2001: A Space Odyssey,” Hal, the defiant onboard computer, foreshadows a future of runaway artificial intelligence. More recently, fears about machines making work obsolete and apocalyptic visions of robot...
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Purposeful Aging: A Model for a New Life Course

Marc Freedman, founder and CEO of Encore.org, offers an insightful observation about the promise and potential of longer lives. “Thousands of baby boomers each day surge into their 60s and 70s,” he wrote in a recent article for The Wall...
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Financing the Control of Tuberculosis

As of 2015, roughly one third of the world’s population, mostly in poorer countries, carried tuberculosis bacteria in their system. Given the characteristics of airborne diseases like tuberculosis, coordination among national and...
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Caitlin MacLean

Managing Director, Innovative Finance, Milken Institute Finance
Caitlin MacLean is a managing director on the innovative finance team at the Milken Institute. She oversees the research, development, execution, and follow-up of our Financial Innovations Labs, which promote financial solutions to overcome economic and social challenges.
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Drink Different: Feasible Strategies to Reduce Obesity

Each day, Americans make choices about what they will eat and drink. Often, these are unhealthy ones, contributing to a national obesity rate of more than 33 percent. Lowering this rate is key to controlling rising health-care costs and...
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Anusuya Chatterjee and Sindhu Kubendran
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