Demography
Pensions are stuck in a doom loop
The response to every pensions crisis sows the seeds of the next
Jeanne Calment: the supercentenarian who met Van Gogh and lived to see Tony Blair elected PM
Calment’s extraordinary longevity proves the trick to long life is a relaxed attitude towards the rules
We need social housing, not gentrified ghettos
Our cities have a democratic deficit
Older Britons don’t want to return to a "golden past"—but they do want to press the “stop” button
Whether political leaders can deliver this for them is uncertain
How important is the Triple Lock?
Most retired people do not rely solely on the basic state pension—but some do
Older women are working for longer
And for many reasons other than financial hardship
Speed data: A world going grey
Western societies have long worried about getting old—but, in time, there will be a dearth of workers in their prime across the planet as a whole
Who voted for Brexit?
A close look at the demography
Can Britain afford to pay its pension bill?
Only if British workers become much more productive
What’s the recipe for successful cities 50 years from now?
Prospect's Future of Cities supplement launch event
Book review: Malthus by Robert J Mayhew
Thomas Malthus was wrong that population growth would lead to famine, so why are his ideas still popular?
Five questions for Britain
Politicians are in flight from the hard questions revealed by the census