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Newspapers16

Toronto StarDavid Olive, Shopify’s Tobias Lütke wants to deny seniors the vote. Maybe we should deny billionaires their soapboxesEnglish · Aug 2026

The Globe and MailMike Moffatt, Tobi Lutke’s voting idea is offensive. The concern behind it isn’tEnglish · Aug 2026

Libération«Oldigarchie» et «gérontonomie»: ce que l’argent et les idées des boomers font à l’AmériqueFrench · Jul 2026

Die WeltFlucht vor GerontonomieGerman · Jun 2026

Die WeltJens Ulrich Eckhard, When the most ambitious young people are drawn abroadEnglish · Jun 2026

Die WeltJens Ulrich Eckhard, Cuando la parte de la juventud con ganas de triunfar se ve atraída por el extranjeroSpanish · Jun 2026

Les EchosNous vivons en gérontocratie: un régime où les plus âgés paralysent nos décisions financières et productivesFrench · Feb 2026

BloombergUntouchable Baby Boomers Have Europe in a Choke HoldEnglish · Nov 2025

Canadian National ObserverWhy an aging electorate may become a problem for democracyEnglish · Apr 2025

Financial TimesIs the rich world stuck in an ‘upper-income trap’?English · Mar 2024

The GuardianBritain’s older electorate can live with low GDPEnglish · Mar 2023

The Sunday TimesGrey vote exacerbates age-old problem of affordable homesEnglish

De VolkskrantDe Europese economie bezwijkt onder de pensioenenDutch

Le DevoirLe vote gris plombe-t-il la croissance économique?French

L’OpinionLa démocratie est-elle vraiment menacée par la gérontocratie?French

L’AGEFIL’effet inflationniste ou déflationniste du vieillissementFrench

KathimeriniGreece bracing for demographic shift as aging acceleratesEnglish

Magazines and journals14

De Groene AmsterdammerWeg met die oude graaiersDutch · Jul 2026

SlateGérontocratie, retraites, pouvoirFrench · Jun 2026

CitadellesGérontocratie, gérontonomieFrench · May 2026

Green European JournalGrey power: does the future belong to the old?English · May 2026

Washington ExaminerJack Baruth, Academia and the media against older AmericansEnglish · May 2026

The AtlanticOn gerontocracy, wealth and powerEnglish · Apr 2026

Sina FinanceCoverage of ageing and economic performanceChinese · Dec 2025

The EconomistBlighty: Can electoral reform fix Britain’s growth?English · Jul 2025

ReasonCan America Get Out of the Gerontocracy Trap?English · Apr 2025

Le Grand ContinentOlivier Schmitt, La tenaille Trump: l’Europe face à un risque existentielFrench · Nov 2024

Le Grand ContinentLa tenaglia Trump: l’Europa di fronte a un rischio esistenzialeItalian · Nov 2024

Le Grand ContinentLa tenaza Trump: Europa frente a un riesgo existencialSpanish · Nov 2024

The EconomistBritain’s Labour Party is backed by a pro-growth coalitionEnglish · Jan 2024

VoxOlder voters, property tax cuts, Social Security, MedicareEnglish

Think tanks and policy4

Bright BlueXavier Fletcher, Who votes, winsEnglish · Apr 2026

American Enterprise InstituteRoger Pielke Jr., The American Growth ImperativeEnglish · Oct 2024

The Constitution SocietyUniversal Suffrage? Low and unequal turnout and the case for compulsory votingEnglish

Labour TogetherOn compulsory votingEnglish

Newsletters and blogs6

Missing Middle InitiativeMike Moffatt and Sabrina Maddeaux, What Happens When Voters Don’t Believe in Economic Growth Anymore?English · Aug 2026

Economics DeclassifiedSalil Kulkarni, Gerontonomia: An Economic Phenomenon of the Present’s FutureEnglish · Jan 2026

Comment is FreedIs low turnout undermining growth?English

WonkheInvesting for the long term often loses out to pensioner powerEnglish

EuropinionLowering the voting age is not enoughEnglish

Élection-présidentielle.frPouvoir des seniors: l’avenir appartient-il aux personnes âgées?French

Reference4

WikipediaAgeing of EuropeEnglish

Wikipedia유럽의 고령화 (Ageing of Europe)Korean

WikipediaInvecchiamento dell’EuropaItalian

Wikipedia欧洲人口老龄化 (Ageing of Europe)Chinese

Contact

Tim Vlandas, Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford.