Event Highlights: Aging & the Economy
In this talk, which took place on Tuesday, September 20, Tim Vlandas, Associate Professor in the Department of Social Policy at the University of Oxford, explores the political effects of aging electorates on the economic performance of advanced capitalist countries. Grey voters, he argues, have different policy preferences, economic concerns and electoral behavior. As a result, governments facing aging electorates change their policy and economic priorities. Aging therefore alters the relationship between democracy and capitalism. The event was hosted by the Center for the Study of Europe and moderated by Cathie Jo Martin, Professor of Political Science.