Demography Ageing The Future of Intelligence Education Motivation

world population growth (in billions) % of total population aged 60 and over “The idea of building the perfect person led to some of the “My contention is that creativity now is as important in education “Behaviour is motivation filtered through opportunity.”
greatest atrocities of the 20th century. A humane society as literacy, and we should treat it with the same status.” clay shirky, author, “cognitive surplus:
0.9 INCREASE PER DECADE TOTAL POPULATION 9 30% depends on acknowledging the imperfections in human nature.” sir ken robinson, author, “the element” creativity and generosity in a connected age”
0.8 8
25% steven pinker, professor of psychology, harvard university
0.7 7
% change in real hourly earnings by education level (1997–2007)
0.6 6 20%

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DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
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high school
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0.1 1 75%
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
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some DENMARK
college SWEDEN
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“Some people look at the population trend — we’ll soon enough
“We're looking at an 8.2 percent increase in the American
m e n ta l college
graduate
UNITED STATES

BRITAIN
GERMANY
be a world of 9 billion people, and say this is the problem.
55%
I say, if we do it right this is the greatest opportunity, because labour force between 2008-2018. Mature workers — that is, JAPAN
postgraduate MALES FRANCE
people once empowered with an opportunity to have an Americans aged 55 years and older — will account for a education FEMALES
education and connectivity and access to capital markets staggering 90 percent of that growth.” -20% -10% 0 +10% +20% +30% +40%
45%

actually produce solutions.” amy kaslow, senior fellow, council on competitiveness ITALY

vijay vaitheeswaran, global correspondent, the economist 35%

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Technological change Creativity “Women’s economic empowerment is arguably the biggest

social change of our times. Just a generation ago, women
“History shows that misfits have contributed far more to
were largely confined to repetitive, menial jobs. They were
Mobility “This has to be one of the most exciting times in human
history in terms of the pace at which technological
creativity than perky optimists.”
adrian wooldridge, management editor and schumpeter
routinely subjected to casual sexism and were expected to
% of respondents saying change is occurring.” abandon their careers when they married and had children.
are schools columnist, the economist
Today they are running some of the organisations that once
zanny minton-beddoes, economics editor, the economist an antique treated them as second-class citizens.”
increasing fines for employers idea?
of illegal immigrants the economist
criminalising employment
of illegal immigrants

requiring police to report

illegals to federal government

national guard patrols of

the mexican border

building more
border fences

allowing police to demand

proof of migration status

excluding illegal immigrant

children from school The Flat Company
requiring churches to FAVOR “Collaboration is one of the most difficult challenges
report illegal immigrants OPPOSE
is money a in management.”
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poor cristóbal conde, president and chief executive officer, sungard
incentive?
can we build
the perfect the ideas
Re-urbanisation person? economy
urban and rural population by region (in billions)

Women In 2030

RURAL
4

The Workforce 2005

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