Not born yesterday: the world’s ageing population
Economist Podcasts
The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 7 June 2023
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Fertility rates are falling to worrying levels, and an older, smaller, global population is bad news for economic growth. Apple’s new headset could revolutionise the virtual reality world, but only if it sells. And, despite being in decline for decades, the tide is turning for Britain’s seaside towns.
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| 0:00.0 | We're all so busy. |
| 0:02.1 | Buzzing about, like bumblebees, |
| 0:04.6 | it can be easy to forget the simple things in life. |
| 0:07.6 | Like just how good nature can taste. |
| 0:11.0 | Eat Natural combines nature's most delicious ingredients |
| 0:14.1 | to create irresistible snack bars that keep you fuller for longer. |
| 0:18.5 | Fuller of flavour, and perfect for an on-the-go bite or a mid-morning snack. |
| 0:23.1 | When nature tastes this good, why overcomplicate it? |
| 0:27.1 | Savour moments in nature with Eat Natural. |
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| 1:01.0 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. I'm Jason Palmer. |
| 1:05.8 | And I'm Oire Ugunbe. Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 1:15.4 | Between you and me, Apple's new headset looks like something out of an eerie episode of Black Mirror. |
| 1:21.7 | Some people might find that exciting, innovative or even groundbreaking. |
| 1:26.6 | But our correspondent has his reservations. |
| 1:31.4 | And the British, perhaps more than most, just love the seaside. |
| 1:36.4 | But for decades, they've chosen foreign beaches over their own. |
| 1:40.3 | And the glories of Britain's coastal towns have faded and badly. |
| 1:47.0 | Lately though, the tide has been changing. First up, though... There's just not enough of this going on around the world. |
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