Global Population Ageing, the Sixth Kondratieff Wave, and the Global Financial System

Abstract: The present paper analyzes some aspects of the population ageing and its im-portant consequences for particular societies and the whole world. Basing on this analysis, we can draw a conclusion that the future technological break-through is likely to take place in the 2030s (which we define as the final phase of the Cybernetic Revolution). In the 2020s – 2030s we will expect the upswing of the forthcoming sixth Kondratieff wave, which will introduce the sixth tech-nological paradigm (system). All those revolutionary technological changes will be connected, first of all, with breakthroughs in medicine and related tech-nologies. We also present our ideas about the financial instruments that can help to solve the problem of pension provision for an increasing elderly popula-tion in the developed countries. We think that a more purposeful use of pension funds' assets together with an allocation (with necessary guarantees) of the lat-ter into education and upgrading skills of young peopl

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource, 119-138 S.
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet ; In: Grinin, Leonid (Hg.), Ilyin, Ilya (Hg.), Herrmann, Peter (Hg.), Korotayev, Andrey (Hg.): Globalistics and globalization studies: Global Transformations and Global Future. 2016. S. 119-138. ISBN 978-5-7057-5026-9

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Volgograd
• (who): Uchitel Publishing House
• (when): 2016
• Creator: Grinin, Leonid ; Korotayev, Andrey
• Contributor: Grinin, Leonid ; Ilyin, Ilya ; Herrmann, Peter ; Korotayev, Andrey

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-57572-1
• Rights: Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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