In Japan’s vanishing rural towns, newcomers are wanted

On a recent afternoon in the rural Japanese town of Kanna-machi, all seemed well. Children splashed in the town’s namesake […]

M&A ‘to create largest competitive re-alignment in asset management history’

The industry is likely to experience the largest competitive re-alignment in asset management history through merger and acquisition activity from […]

See the ‘super-aged’ nations

The world is aging at a rapid rate and by 2030 there will be 34 nations where more than 20% […]

These maps show where the world’s youngest and oldest people live

Does this tell us where the next revolution will take place? What can the median age of a country tell […]

The world braces for retirement crisis

By PAUL WISEMAN, DAVID MCHUGH and ELAINE KURTENBACH (AP) – A global retirement crisis is bearing down on workers of […]

Notes from the DoubleLine Lunch with Jeffrey Gundlach, Spring 2013

The image above is of the street-facing windows and facade at the New York Yacht Club, poured and molded concrete […]

Why China Is Finally Abandoning Its One Child Policy

One of the first announcements by the new administration taking charge in China this month was that the one child […]

Counting from one to two in China—a bigger leap than it seems

by Elizabeth C. Economy – Council on Foreign Relations Something is afoot with China’s one-child policy, but no-one seems entirely […]