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http://www.itinerainstitute.org/en/library/_paper/our-financial-sustainability/
Our financial sustainability
20 February 2009
With all the stimulus plans, loan guaranties and capital injections, our long term financial sustainability is more than ever at the heart of the societal debate. In this working paper from the Plan Bureau, two budgetary policy scenarios are presented in the light of an ageing society. On top of the perspectives of these policy scenarios not being very encouraging, we learn that they do not even take into account the current economic crisis. It’s about time this lost decade comes to an end….

http://www.plan.be/admin/uploaded/200901271000490.wp200824_fr.pdf

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