Opinion: Practicing Factfulness based on data.
Many blame past Covid restrictions but they all know it’s due to the declining younger population due to declining fertility rates. They are all now competing for more skilled immigrants:…
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…
And just like that, UC Riverside researchers are saying the same thing as this blog: Supply chain struggles have been widely blamed for the inability to meet consumer and business…
Is the decline in the global fertility rate a good thing or a bad thing? Perhaps it is neither – it is what it is. The Plus Side From one…
They blame the pandemic but ignore the other problem – Australia’s fertility rate is less than 1.8, meaning negative population growth from births. Australia shut its borders for more than…
Interesting figures – overall, just under 15% of the U.S. population was born elsewhere but note this: About 1 in 5 Americans between the ages of 40 and 64 was…
Almost all U.S. population growth over next 20 years will come from immigration, and after 20 years, 100% will come from immigration. Over the next three decades, the report predicts…
At first glance, this sounds good – high upfront costs but dramatic savings in operational/variable costs: From the PGE site, we learn that diesel buses are about $90K to buy…
Automation will place increasingly large roles in fast food services: Two Panera Bread locations in upstate New York are testing artificial intelligence technology that takes drive-thru orders. Source: Panera Bread…
The “experts” who predict the future were wrong again: We are entering an unanticipated reality—an era of slow population growth and, increasingly, demographic decline that will shape our future in…