Why Older Women Will Rule the World; The Future Is Female MIT Expert Says

If you’re a woman with a bit of life experience, you already know you’re the boss.

You’re more likely to drive health care decisions in your family, control household spending, care for millennials and elders, start a business and initiate a divorce. You have the longevity advantage over men.

In Other Words, You Rule

“Older women can sometimes feel like they’re invisible to workplaces and businesses”

But does the world know it? Older women can sometimes feel like they’re invisible to workplaces and businesses. But they’re actually the trailblazers others should be watching, says Joseph F. Coughlin. Coughlin is the director of the AgeLab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and author of the new book, “The Longevity Economy: Unlocking the World’s Fastest-Growing, Most Misunderstood Market.”

As people get older, the future is female, he argues, with women better prepared for life after middle age over their male peers.

“One of the greatest under-appreciated sources of innovation and new business may in fact be women over 50 with new ideas, lots of life ahead of them and with the verve to get it done,” says Coughlin. He explained why older women will rule the world.

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