Demographics, Education: Utah introduces 3-year Bachelor degrees
First U.S. state to adopt a 3-year Bachelor degree program, which is common in much of the world.
Economy: U.S. “top country for millionaires and billionaires”
The number of millionaires and billionaires has risen faster in the past 5 years, partially due to inbound migration of wealthy business people.
Demographics: Many countries to see shrinking populations
More are starting to pay attention to this demographic bomb - shrinking population is coming Real Soon Now.
Demographics, Education: The Future of U.S. Higher Education
Colleges and universities will be shrinking in the future. We already produce more college grads than we use in the job market.
Demographics: Gen Z, Millennials have it so awful…
Amusing to see the many stories about how everything is awful, yet many Gen Z/Millennials today have some amazing options.
Policy: Government revises race classification system
The government is revising it's race-based classification system. Some people will be classified based on skin tone while some will be based on geographic ancestry.
Demographics: Germany’s fertility rate now 1.36
The UK's fertility rate is 1.49 and Germany's has fallen to 1.36. This is the real "population bomb"; Erlich had it all wrong.
Demographics: Japanese diaper maker to discontinue infant diapers
Fertility rates in Japan are so low, a diaper maker no longer sees a sizeable enough market to continue in that business segment.
Climate: Driving must be made unaffordable
$15 tolls to drive into Manhattan set to start.
Demographics: “Global fertility rates set to crash, triggering ‘staggering’ social change”
Collapsing fertility rates will have big impacts across economies and societies