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They are not blaming Covid – it’s the declining fertility rate: Switzerland’s ageing population and changing lifestyles are profoundly transforming the labour market. Source: Demographic shifts cause Swiss labour market…
Schools and colleges are closing throughout the country due to declining enrollments. The trend is now accelerating due to the low fertility rates and dearth of incoming students.
State of US Population and Death Statistics| 2023 State of the Union Facts (usafacts.org)
This is about the same percent that had a Bachelor degree in the early 1970s. About 14% of Americans 25 and older hold a graduate or professional degree, or 31.4…
Fewer children = fewer workers = a shrinking economy. China’s declining population will have catastrophic ripple effects on the global economy. Source: China will lose half its population by the…
I was pleasantly surprised to see it add #6 to the list. I would also add “business process efficiency improvements”. How can the United States address its labor shortage and…
“Some 40% of software engineers in the country are born outside the US,…” Chicago Seeks Laid Off Tech Workers With H-1B Visas for Jobs – Bloomberg Bloomberg appears to have…
The Guardian propaganda rag notices the fertility rate problem and proposes a socialist solution that has already been proven not to work.
Am thinking we are at peak or past peak higher education due to the population demographics: A critical way employers can address hiring shortages and broaden the pool of candidates…
Fumio Kishida says Japan is on the verge of not being able to function. Source: Japan PM says country on the brink over falling birth rate – BBC News The…