Liechtenstein, microstates and the theory and practice of longevity politics

Couple months back I published a 3 part study called The missing political philosophy of microstates: longevity, between survival and luxury; conclusion and action with the following summary:



The timing could not have been better as people from Liechtenstein have just launched the International Institute of Longevity with a website and a meeting with some key stakeholders.

Here’s Prince Michael of Liechtenstein explaining The Geopolitical significance of the longevity sector.

This leads me to the next question, what is the geopolitical importance of this sector?
Prince Michael: What do we see as geopolitics? Geopolitics takes the knowledge of geography, history, economy, demography, ethnicity and culture to explore their influence on politics and economics, and the interdependence between local, regional and global facts. Important drivers in longevity are the economy and demography. We have to look closely at this situation. We have an aging population. The world population will soon start to stagnate and not to grow anymore and the share of aging people will become higher. This has a lot of positive effects, but also some problems and maybe I can start with the problems. First, there are healthcare costs. This will become as I said before, nearly unaffordable. Therefore, we have to see that people stay healthier. The next thing is retirement costs. We will have a problem to pay for that because people are getting older. So we have to look at how people can stay more efficient at work, but also how we can use older people who have a lot of experience. What comes with an aging society is that it is an opportunity as long as people stay healthy and active.

The Geopolitical significance of the longevity sector

Good luck!

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