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Living Longer Lives: Blessing or Curse?

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Half of all people born in industrialised countries today can expect to live to 100. What implications does that have for individuals and for societies around the world? Owen Bennett Jones and his guests discuss the many issues arising from an ageing society and ask whether one day we could live forever.

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Published on Friday, 21st July 2017.

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