{"id":3173,"date":"2018-08-14T11:28:51","date_gmt":"2018-08-14T10:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.reading.ac.uk\/the-forum\/?p=3173"},"modified":"2018-09-18T13:15:52","modified_gmt":"2018-09-18T12:15:52","slug":"could-grey-power-affect-world-economies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/2018\/08\/14\/could-grey-power-affect-world-economies\/","title":{"rendered":"Could &#8216;grey power&#8217; affect world economies?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The\u00a0world&#8217;s elderly population is growing. By 2050 it&#8217;s expected that one third of the population of Europe will be over 65 &#8211; and this gives older people more political clout. Could\u00a0this &#8216;grey power&#8217;\u00a0be having an effect on the world&#8217;s economies? Tim Vlandas explains his prize-winning research.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Could &#039;grey power&#039; affect the world&#039;s economies?\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RkUuDFSAsE0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Tim Vlandas is Associate Professor in the University of Reading&#8217;s Division of Politics and International Relations. His paper &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/0010414017710261\">Grey power and the Economy: Ageing and inflation across advanced economies<\/a>&#8216; won the 2018\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.reading.ac.uk\/the-forum\/2018\/03\/21\/global-warming-light-switch-molecules-and-malaria-early-career-researchers-net-prizes\/\">Research Outputs Prize<\/a> for the Prosperity and Resilience theme.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0world&#8217;s elderly population is growing. 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