Demographics: Number of children living in poverty drops sharply
Government poverty-reduction programs were decisive. Source: America’s successful war on poverty Part of it (but not all of it) might be because there are a lot fewer children:
Demographics: Fewer people attending college
There are multiple factors at play here: There are 4 million fewer college students than there were a decade ago. Among students who graduated high school in 2016, 70% began…
Demographics: The world’s working age population peaked in 2012
The working-age population historically drives the economy. According to a report by the World Bank, the world’s working-age population peaked back in 2012. Since then, it’s been on the decline.…
Education: Will higher education providers compete?
In about 2 years, the big population decline now in effect at about age 17 and below will become the cohort entering college. Will colleges seek to offer better values…
Economy: Household wealth down about 21%
The 20.9% estimated includes loss in direct value and loss in purchasing power due to inflation: Americans are feeling poorer for good reason: Household wealth was shredded by inflation and…
Demographics 49: Sen Romney proposes paying Americans to have babies
My own state has a 2020 fertility rate of 1.39. Utah Republican Sen. Mitt Romney introduced the Family Security Act. 2.0 last week to address declining marriage rates and the…
Demographics: Educational Attainment
Another chart showing back to 1940 For the 2nd half of the 20th century, the U.S. out competed much of the world due to two things: At this point, adding…
Demographic 46: WaPo says we must import far more immigrants
WaPo says the U.S. must import vast numbers of immigrants to contend with the birth rate decline. They then do a mashup of political issues, conflate illegal immigration with legal…
Automation: Robots restocking shelves in Japan
Automation is how the declining population’s labor shortage problem will be addressed: A robotics company is installing restocking robots in 300 grocery stores in Japan – and the plan is…
Demographics 44: Labor Secretary says we need more immigration
The decline in birth rates has been underway for 20-30 years, depending on the country. Every country says they hope to import immigrant workers but – this is global… some…