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Not just about the raw number of people. When your hear "the population is aging," it means the median age is increasing over time. It puts a lot of strain on a
by messiah_complex 3y ago
Not just about the raw number of people. When your hear "the population is aging," it means the median age is increasing over time. It puts a lot of strain on an economy when the ratio of retirees to working age people gets too high. Retirees are expensive.
- rhelz 3y agoPerhaps it puts a lot of strain on an economy where 1% of the people get 50% of the wealth. Perhaps it is hard for current workers to send the lion's share of what they produce to the 1%, and still pay for the retirement of past workers. The current trends are unsustainable, sure, but just unsustainable for our current economic regime.