• May 16 2026
  Social affairs

  The Big Read. Why birth rates are falling everywhere all at once

  Homes and phones are part of the reason for the demographic shift changing our world

  
• May 13 2026
  Investing in Rio Grande do Sul

  Rio Grande do Sul sits at sharp end of Brazil’s demographic shift

  Southernmost state grapples with low birth rates and declining population, but with the resources of a middle-income nation

  
• May 9 2026
  Life & Arts

  The glory of low expectations

  They are the key to happiness — and not a matter of choice

  Janan Ganesh

  
• May 9 2026
  Millennials

  What’s behind the rise of ‘doom spending’?

  Economic resentment over housing and jobs drives young people in particular to reach for their credit cards

  
• May 8 2026
  House & Home Wellbeing & Active Living Special 2026

  Sardinia has a longevity conundrum — can foreign residents help?

  The island has the world’s first Blue Zone, but its formula for a long life cannot keep its young from leaving. And an influx of newcomers is complicating the landscape

  
• May 8 2026
  Generation Z

  ‘Savvy the Squirrel’ has missed a trick

  If there’s one place cash does not belong, it’s in a Junior Cash Isa — so why doesn’t the government promote investing for your children?

  Claer Barrett

  
• May 7 2026
  Personal Finance

  Reader callout: Is being a grandparent more expensive than you expected?

  With parents’ budgets squeezed by the modern economy, grandparents are increasingly asked to help out

  
• May 2 2026
  Health

  The problem with healthy life expectancy

  A crude blend of very different statistics is not the best tool for the job

  John Burn-Murdoch

  
• May 1 2026
  Ageing Populations

  Alphaville. Unemployment really sucks, exhibit MCXXVII

  Unsurprising but moderately interesting news

  
• May 1 2026
  The Economics Show with Soumaya Keynes podcast34 min listen

  How will falling fertility rates hurt the economy? With Melissa Kearney

  Strained public finances will only feel more pressure

  
• April 28 2026
  Politics

  UK population growth downgraded as migration slows

  ONS predicts number of residents will reach 71mn by 2034 due to lower fertility and immigration curbs

  
• April 28 2026
  Germany

  German births fall to lowest since postwar records began in 1946

  Country faces demographic crunch as difference between deaths and births rises to highest level in its postwar history

  
• April 25 2026
  FT Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign

  Are your kids ignoring your money advice?

  They may have good reason, Gen Z are confronting a very different set of economic circumstances to those their parents faced

  
• April 23 2026
  UK Inequality

  Alphaville. The UK became less unequal as doctors became less well-paid

  See also, teachers

  
• April 22 2026
  Social affairs

  Alphaville. Population collapses of yore

  Poring over precedents for China’s prospective population plummet

  
• April 21 2026
  China

  Alphaville. Will China get richer before it gets much, much smaller?

  Demographic dataviz

  
• April 18 2026
  Social affairs

  Why higher pay hasn’t made young adults feel richer

  The aspiration gap has turned everyone into losers, especially graduates

  John Burn-Murdoch

  
• April 17 2026
  House & Home

  What is a city without children?

  As urban housebuilding strategies around the world increasingly push families out, the ‘sidewalk ballet’ — and heart — of community life is under threat

  
• April 15 2026
  Personal Finance

  Reader callout: Do you worry you’re giving your children bad financial advice?

  University, property, investments — some of the pillars of sound financial guidance are being tested

  
• April 15 2026
  Ageing Populations

  America goes from roommates to boommates

  Baby boomers are now the fastest-growing part of the US room rental market

  Patti Waldmeir

  
• April 15 2026
  UK society

  People in England’s poorest areas live less than 50 years in good health

  Data highlights 20-year gap compared with those living in the richest neighbourhoods of the country

  
• April 13 2026
  Environment

  Retirement could be the most social time of your life

  New research challenges the narrative that ageing societies should be thought of in terms of decline

  Carlo Ratti

  
• April 10 2026
  Annuities

  Annuities look more attractive in wake of inflation fears, say advisers

  Benefits of a fixed and stable income set to play more prominent role in retirement planning

  
• April 9 2026
  Life & Arts

  FT Magazine. The creeping feeling that life is getting too long

  Why our lengthening lifespans are not entirely welcome

  Simon Kuper

  
• March 26 2026
  US immigration

  US population growth falters as immigration falls

  County-level census data shows that big cities are also being hit by domestic migration