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Population pyramid

on Wednesday, August 29, 2007 with 0 comments » |

Like all unsustainable pyramid schemes, a scary scenario looms... and to think some people think we may live to be a 1000!

A metafilter entry reports:

Animated population pyramids project a steady increase in the median age. England and Wales. United States. Canada. China. Japan. "The number of older persons has tripled over the last 50 years; it will more than triple again over the next 50 years." [pdf] There will be a shortage of workers to support the retired and disabled. The looming crisis has been predicted for years. Proposed solutions include robots and immigration. [previously, previously]

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