Part 3 – Population Demographics: Honey, I shrunk the U.S. population
The U.S. fertility rate today is 1.78. A rate of 2.1 is needed to maintain the population at its current size. The U.S. population continues to grow because of immigration.…
Part 2 – Population Demographics: Another way to see the population problem
The following chart shows the rate of the growth of the young, working age, and elderly population (65+). Looking at point (1) you see a tremendous growth in the young…
Part 1 – Population Demographics: The decline in the U.S. workforce
We have very low unemployment and there is a shortage of workers. Typically, this is blamed on Covid-19 and/or pandemic policies. Both had an impact on employment but there is…
Generation “Jones” – the generation that followed the “Baby Boomers”
Everyone has heard of the “Baby boom” generation, defined as those born between 1946 and 1964. The grouping was arbitrarily chosen by measuring the birth rate when it shot up…