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ForthcomingVlandas, T. Low Growth in Ageing Democracies: How Grey Power Leads to Stagnant Economies. Oxford University Press, 2027.

Comparative Political Studies, 2018Vlandas, T. Grey Power and the Economy: Aging and Inflation Across Advanced Economies. 51(4), 514–552.
doi.org/10.1177/0010414017710261

Political Research Exchange, 2021Vlandas, T., McArthur, D. and Ganslmeier, M. Ageing and the Economy: A Literature Review of Political and Policy Mechanisms. 3(1), 1932532. A systematic review of 143 articles. Open access.
doi.org/10.1080/2474736X.2021.1932532

The Political Quarterly, 2023Vlandas, T. From Gerontocracy to Gerontonomia: The Politics of Economic Stagnation in Ageing Democracies. 94(3), 452–461. Open access.
doi.org/10.1111/1467-923X.13301

World Politics, 2026Vlandas, T. Aging Advanced Capitalist Democracies: The New Electoral Politics of Economic Stagnation. 78(1), 48–90.
doi.org/10.1353/wp.2026.a980470

Les EchosVlandas, T. Nous vivons en gérontocratie: un régime où les plus âgés paralysent nos décisions financières et productives. February 2026.
lesechos.fr

Policy briefVlandas, T. Ageing European Electorates and the New Progressive Growth Dilemma. ETUI Policy Brief 2026.05. Free to download.
doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.7241480

Expert commentWhy the triple lock pension reform makes its political problem worse. University of Oxford, October 2026.
ox.ac.uk

Summary of the argumentThe Political Quarterly digested read, in the author’s own words.
politicalquarterly.org.uk

Shorter versionAgeing advanced capitalist democracies risk heading for a future of economic stagnation. LSE EUROPP, 2023.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog

Repository copyOxford Research Archive, full text of the 2023 article.
ora.ox.ac.uk

Author profileResearchGate, with copies of related papers.
researchgate.net/profile/Tim-Vlandas

EurostatPopulation structure and ageing, data extracted 2 February 2026.
ec.europa.eu/eurostat

Our World in DataAge Structure.
ourworldindata.org/age-structure