Demographics: Those born ’57-’64 saw peak earnings by about age 45
Youngest Baby Boomers’ Pay in the US Peaked When They Hit 45 After that, earnings flat lined or even went down. (There is no age discrimination in the U.S.?)
Demographics, Immigration: Immigration seen as economic boost
Immigration now accounts for the majority of U.S. population growth, and will continue or even expand to address the low fertility rate.
Demographics: Many are noticing
People are starting to notice the global population decline problem and what it means.
Demographics: The end of “families”
Families are dead. People want shared "polyamorous families, platonic co-parenting and "mommunes" and collectivism. So it is claimed.
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