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How to handle gerontocracy

How to handle gerontocracy The article demonstrates the dangers of gerontocracy and offers solutions.Design/methodology/approachThe article combines desk research, literature review and economic analytical reasoning.FindingsGerontocracy in developed countries is a threat to financial, labour market and political sustainability of care for older people. Without actions today, the problem will become bigger every year, not least because of increased electoral weight of older people. This article proposes to handle gerontocracy in two ways. First is by using the potential of healthy retired people as volunteers, thereby mitigating the intergenerational solidarity challenges. Second is by taxing part of the windfall profits on the housing market, where older generation profited disproportionally.Originality/valueThe added value of the article is twofold. First, it signals a serious problem in affluent societies that is largely ignored, both in the academic world and in politics. Second, it offers original solutions that mitigate the problem. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Integrated Care Emerald Publishing

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Emerald Publishing
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© Emerald Publishing Limited
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1476-9018
DOI
10.1108/jica-07-2022-0036
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Abstract

The article demonstrates the dangers of gerontocracy and offers solutions.Design/methodology/approachThe article combines desk research, literature review and economic analytical reasoning.FindingsGerontocracy in developed countries is a threat to financial, labour market and political sustainability of care for older people. Without actions today, the problem will become bigger every year, not least because of increased electoral weight of older people. This article proposes to handle gerontocracy in two ways. First is by using the potential of healthy retired people as volunteers, thereby mitigating the intergenerational solidarity challenges. Second is by taxing part of the windfall profits on the housing market, where older generation profited disproportionally.Originality/valueThe added value of the article is twofold. First, it signals a serious problem in affluent societies that is largely ignored, both in the academic world and in politics. Second, it offers original solutions that mitigate the problem.

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Journal of Integrated Care – Emerald Publishing

Published: Apr 13, 2023

Keywords: Gerontocracy; Intergenerational solidarity; Integrated care; Sustainability

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