Education: Will higher education providers compete?
In about 2 years, the big population decline now in effect at about age 17 and below will become the cohort entering college. Will colleges seek to offer better values…
Automation: Restaurants turn to AI voice bots to take phone orders
More casual-dining restaurants and takeout joints are dispensing with direct phone lines, opting instead to divert customer calls to voice bots. Pushing customers who call in orders and reservations to…
Demographics 54: Economist argues for expansion of immigration to the U.S.
He acknowledges the root cause: It’s hard for the government to increase the share of adults who are working, and there’s little that can be done in the short term…
Demographics 53: Automation in Warehouse and Distribution Centers
Automation offers significant benefits to employers struggling to adequately staff warehouse environments. In addition to reducing the need for labor and making work less demanding for current employees, automation stands…
Automation: Robotic, automatic food delivery coming to homes in California and Texas
As the population of younger, new workers declines, as labor becomes more expensive, automation will replace much that we thought could never be automated: Source: Uber Eats and Nuro sign…
Demographics 52: Animated population changes since 1900
This is brilliant. Watch the video clip. Best viewed on Reddit –> here.
Demographics 51: Treasury Secretary calls for free college and subsidized child care
Sec. Yellin, who said a year ago that inflation would be mild and temporary, promotes free college and subsidized childcare to address labor issues. “Programs like free community college and…
Demographics 50: US States and Territories, by fertility rate
2.1 is the population replacement rate. The U.S. as a whole is about 1.63, above, but 1.78 by others’ estimates. Some states, like mine, are just 1.39. This means any…
Demographics 49: Sen Romney proposes paying Americans to have babies
My own state has a 2020 fertility rate of 1.39. Utah Republican Sen. Mitt Romney introduced the Family Security Act. 2.0 last week to address declining marriage rates and the…
Demographics 48: Germany to expand visas for skilled foreign workers
But open only to those under age 36: Skilled workers from around the world could find it easier to live and work in Germany, if the nation backs a proposed…