Old-Age Poverty

A "pension" for kids is being touted as one way to address child poverty in New Zealand and there's a suggestion it could be funded by means-testing superannuation. Data released this week by Children's Commissioner Andrew Becroft showed 17 per cent of New …

ALBERTO FERNÁNDEZ drove himself and his girlfriend, Fabiola Yáñez, to congress for his inauguration as Argentinas president in their Toyota. That gesture, as much as anything he said in his hour-long speech, signalled that he intends to swiftly help ordinary …

Dec 12th 2019 BUENOS AIRES ALBERTO FERNÁNDEZ drove himself and his girlfriend, Fabiola Yáñez, to congress for his inauguration as Argentinas president in their Toyota. That gesture, as much as anything he said in his hour-long speech, signalled that he inte…

Second teacher strike set for today, Dec. 11 Like many, I watched the press coverage. Doug Ford’s defenders say teachers make $92K per year plus pension (union says $88K — who even has a union anymore?), while regular old average Ontarians, facing poverty in…

December 11th, 2019 by Steve Hanley  TIME magazine has named Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg as its Person of the Year for 2019. In an article announcing the award, TIME correspondents Charlotte Alter, Suyin Haynes, and Justin Worland write, Unless they agr…

My friend, Faith Salie, stirred up a lot of trouble on last week's show with an essay about the phrase "OK, Boomer," the Millennial Generation's way of waving away the opinions, instructions and interference of old people – people like me! I take no offense.…

No technological trick has done more to shape our experience of TV football than the slow motion instant replay. Its a visual storytelling device that exposes the grace and athleticism that are otherwise invisible amid lightning-fast action. Slow motion lets …

Few issues better illustrate the leftward shift of American economic policy than Social Security. In the late 1990s, moderate Democrats such as Senators Daniel Patrick Moynihan and John Breaux proposed fixing Social Securitys finances through a combination of…

According to the survey by Deutsche Bank with opinion research institute Ipsos, every second person in Germany has concerns about being able to live comfortably when they get older, while almost as many lack the means for private provision. The study found m…

In the north Wales town of Aberconwy, Liam McGuinness (12) explains why he is canvassing for 25-year-old Labour candidate Emily Owen. He became politically engaged at the age of seven and now talks fluently about old people not being able to get social care a…