Don’t get old before you get rich
EditorialThe Economist
A number of developing countries have failed to take advantage of a bulge in their working-age population, and the results could be “grim”, says The Economist. Take Thailand. In 2021, the share of Thais aged 65 or over hit 14%, a threshold often used to define an aged society. But unlike Japan, South Korea and much of the West, Thailand, with a GDP of just $7,000 per person in 2021, “has got old before
