영국에서 발행되는 세계적인 주간지 이코노미스트가 2019년 12월 25일날 발간한 기사에서, 2020년은 '욜드(YOLD)' 세대의 시작점이 될 것이라는 기사를 실었습니다.  욜드는 말 그대로 'Young Old' 를 지칭하는 단어 입니다.  Old 한 것은 맞는데, 이전 세대와는 달리 자기관리와 의학기술의 발달로 인해 여전히 젏음을 유지하고 있는 세대를 의미합니다. 일반적으로 65세에서 75세에 해당하는 노인들을 지칭합니다.

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2019년 12월 25일 = 이코노미스트 기사 원문 THE YEAR 2020 will mark the beginning of the decade of the yold, or the “young old”, as the Japanese call people aged between 65 and 75. The height of the baby boom, the period of high fertility in rich countries after the second world war, was 1955-60. The traditional retirement age is 65, and 2020-25 is 65 years later. One might therefore expect peak retirement for baby-boomers in the coming years—except that they are not retiring. By continuing to work, and staying socially engaged, the boomers, in their new guise as the young old, will change the world, as they have done several times before at different stages of their lives. The yold are more numerous, healthier and wealthier than previous generations of seniors. There will be 134m 65- to 74-year-olds in rich countries in 2020 (11% of the population), up from 99m (8%) in 2000. That is the fastest rate of growth of any large age group. Health worsens with age, but the yold are resisting the decline better than most: of the 3.7 years of increased life expectancy in rich countries between 2000 and 2015, says the World Health Organisation, 3.2 years were enjoyed in good health. The yold are also better off: between 1989 and 2013, the median wealth of families headed by someone over 62 in America rose by 40% to $210,000, while the wealth of all other age groups declined. - ECONOMIST - Dec.25 2019