Demographics: Another fertility rate chart
Additional background on the explosion in college enrollment, and the role U.S. wars had in the enrollment patterns.
Automation: Window Washing Robot Starts Work on High Rise Building
Amid the labor shortage, partially caused by the fertility rate decline, automated window washing robots replace workers.
Demographics: “Peak 65” occurs in summer of 2024
As baby boomers hit another milestone next summer, Social Security will feel the strain – MarketWatch More than 10,000 people in the U.S. turn 65 every day, and that number…
Demographics: East Asia faces economic decline as population shrinks
The great demographic shift: East Asia’s population decline | Foreign Brief A demographic shift is underway in East Asia, as deaths have started to overtake births across China, Japan and…
Demographics: Doom media causing people to no longer have kids
In response to the media's daily doomerism, many young adults are saying they will never have children.
Automation: AI will impact many jobs
From improving efficiency (meaning fewer workers to accomplish the same quantity of work output), or eliminating jobs all together, AI-based technology will have large impacts on labor. This is how,…
Demographics: Declining population points to future pay increases
Declining fertility rates are just starting to impact the availability of labor. In just a few years, this gets very serious.
Demographics: A difference between 70s’/80’s labor market and today
The Career Goal of the Moment Is a ‘Lazy-Girl Job’ (msn.com) Like quiet quitting before it, the lazy-girl job is the latest iteration of 20- and 30-somethings of both genders…
Demographics: 1 in 4 young adults in the UK say they will never have children
Half say they don’t want kids because they want to focus on themselves. Another 1 in 4 say they aren’t sure if they will have kids. A large percentage live…
Demographics: Global shrinking populations
And many, many more have shrinking populations. India thinks they have already dropped below a 2.1 fertility rate while the UN puts them just over 2.1. China is well below…