Economy: US unemployment over time
Interesting, maybe coincidence, but peak unemployment in the 1980s and around 2010 possibly due to demographics?
Demographics: China’s population to cut in half by 2100
The global population bomb continues - and it's not the bomb Erlich proclaimed in 1968. He had it all wrong.
Economy: Housing prices
1 in 3 say they will leave the U.S. (they won't), and Trump proposes deportations. If this happens, home prices will fall dramatically.
Education: The looming 3-year Bachelor’s Degree
Could 3-year Bachelor degrees replace the 4-year degree? Yes.
Personal finance: “Living paycheck to paycheck”
Several times per year, the media runs stories about everyone living "paycheck to paycheck". For many reasons, these stories are mostly bogus.
Personal finance, education: The worst college degrees
Once again, the annual worst college degrees, based on salary. Same every year.
Pretty much every generation becomes the wealthiest generation eventually
In a long time growing world economy, each new generation will eventually be the richest generation.
Economy: There are at least two ways to cut costs
More subsidies and price controls is always the answer. And the wrong answer.
Labor: Union workers are not the political force they once were
Unionized workers are about 10% of the US workforce today, down from about 20% 40 years ago. Nearly 40% of union workers, work for governments.
Demographics: Number of immigrants needed to maintain constant working age population to 2050
The U.S. needs about 1.4 million immigrants per year through 2050 to maintain the working age population.