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Ageing is a triumph and a new research paradigm is needed : Comments
By Patricia Edgar and Don Edgar, published 13/10/2014We have a problem with social attitudes towards ageing and it's not just with politicians and policy bureaucrats.
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All we need is Patricia, and everyone who agrees with her, to put their money where her mouth is. If Patricia thinks the aged are unfairly discriminated against in employment, then she can employ them, and they can help fund it. This way they'll be doing well at the same time as doing good. Since according to her theory, the aged are undervalued in the market, Patricia will make lots of profit, and the aged will have secure jobs paying above-market wages.
On the other hand, if Patricia's theory is wrong, she'll make lots of losses, and that is as it should be. But it won't be a burden for Patricia, because she's the one saying the aged are not a dependent burden. Which is why Patricia, and everyone who agrees with her, can pay for the care of the aged as well. No need for any policy.
The other possibility is that Patricia is making a display of ostentatious piety and fake social concern, and she knows she is.