Internationally-renowned economist George Magnus will call for a more coordinated approach to tackling the serious economic and social consequences of an ageing population. Speaking at the UK Age Research Forum (UKARF) conference in London, the author of Age of Ageing will warn that funding care and benefits for the over 65s generation for the rest of their lives will cost a total of more than three times the country's GDP. However, he says, we are failing to successfully confront this issue because of 'piecemeal and disconnected thinking'... 

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