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Of Course the Right Value Old People’s Lives Less – Our Ageing Population Is a Problem for Capitalism
As the coronavirus pandemic escalates, the lives of elderly people are increasingly portrayed as less worth saving. Given the immense problem demographic ageing presents to market capitalism, this is as unsurprising as it is unsettling, writes Aaron Bastani.