Demographics: Social Security’s full benefits retirement age is 70
Interesting discussion – most people think “retirement” is somewhere from age 62 to 68 and few would say age 70. But the author makes a good point here: Social Security’s…
Demographics:U.S. Fertility rate from 1800-2020
The U.S. fertility rate has been collapsing since 1800. The "baby boom" was a self-correcting anomaly. The impact of this is perhaps one of the most important issues facing humanity…
Demographics: The demographic time bomb set to detonate soon
The linked article below notes the problem and is optimistic we can embrace necessary changes to accommodate this demographic time bomb. Our population is aging faster than at any other…
Demographics: Population pyramid, U.S. 2022
Here’s another view of the U.S. population pyramid, this one in 5-year buckets. This makes the labor shortage issues even more obvious in regard to the supply of “new workers”…
Demographics: Self checkouts to increase to combat labor shortage
Self-checkout requires just 10% the amount of labor of staffed checked out lines: Despite the fact that self-checkout systems can cause issues on both the retailer and shopper end of…
Public health: Percent of children vaccinated for diseases
Source: FastStats – Immunization Some of these students will “catch up” by the age of 5, when they enter school – because their school or state may require full vaccinations.…
Demographics: The U-Haul Index
U-Haul publishes an annual list of where it’s rental truck demand is – basically from somewhere to somewhere else. Here’s their January 2022 update: Texas edged Florida for the largest…
Demographics: WaPo blames “race” for Oakland CA school closures
Oakland is closing public schools, a precise and grim measure of a city’s health. In the case of this proud city, the trend has clarified for many that Oakland, traditionally…
Demographics: Investment advisors see the decline and what it means
The world’s population continues to grow, but the pace of growth has slowed to a rate of under one percent, a pace not seen since 1950. The populations of 61…
Demographics: This Letter to the Editor gets it
According to the Pew Research Center the birth rate in the US has been on a continual decline since 1964. That was a long time ago, so if we’re on…