Sri Mulyani Indrawati Quotes

People over 100 are the fastest-growing group in America. People soon will be working 'til 100 - some because they have to - and living 'til 125 or even 135. What do I know, I'm just a weatherman, but I've made a hobby of studying this, and it's phenomenal.

If there are healthy - and growing - numbers of people working and paying taxes, we are better able to pay the costs of people living longer.

Increased means and increased leisure are the two civilizers of man.

Most people understand life expectancy has changed since Social Security started in 1937 when folks lived to be 59 years old. Today, they live to be 77 years old.

Demography is changing us as we are older societies, we're living longer. How the generations balance each other out, how that affects education and health care.

The life expectancy is much longer today than it was when Social Security was created.

What seems extraordinary is that the richest countries in the world, in terms of economic output, are the ones where we work hardest.

If lifespan jumps by 30 or 40 years, that has enormous implications.

The baby boom is about to become a patient boom.

By increasing productivity and becoming more competitive, we will be able to offer better opportunities and improve the standard of living for all Mexicans.

Most rich countries have reported increases in happiness as they become richer.

In recent years, hours of work have been reduced, holidays have been increased, the age of entry into employment has gone up, and above all, our general health and expectation of life as a people have markedly improved. It is a natural corollary of these changes that we should work longer and retire later.

Life is better when people are working, happy, and spending money.

I don't feel that 40 is anything these days. Our life expectancy is so much greater that maybe 50 is the new 40.

Our health underpins our happiness and is a foundation of economic advancement.

Our population is headed for a stable plateau, which means an aging population.

This is a very difficult question. If you take a look at the aging population and demographics, we are going to have a big increase in the number of health care jobs needed in the state and in the country.

The goal to strive for is a poor government but a rich people.

Health care does not worry me a great deal. I've been impressed by some wonderful old people.

Over time, the welfare state has become dysfunctional in a surprising way. But in a way it became a victim of its own success: It became so successful at prolonging life, that it becomes financially unsustainable, unless you make major changes to things like retirement ages.

Japan actually is an aging population, and so as the population has aged, they have had a lot more problems with health.

The debate around the ageing population should, in my view, focus much more on how we grow the active, working population.

I just want to retire before I go senile because if I don't retire before I go senile, then I'll do more damage than good at that point.

Labor is the fabled magician's wand, the philosophers stone, and the cap of good fortune.

People use so much more health care when they live longer.