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Strategies & Market Trends : The Financial Collapse of 2001 Unwinding

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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (2513)6/21/2019 1:24:28 AM
From: elmatador  Read Replies (3) of 13798
 
Yikes! Japan has more people over the age of 80 than under the age of 10

Earlier this week the United Nation’s Department of Economic and Social Affairs released its 2019 world population report… and there were a number of very interesting findings:

1) World population continues to grow slightly, but the rate of global population growth is at the lowest level since at least 1950.

2) Global population growth rates are unevenly distributed. Developed nations (including the US, Japan, Western Europe) suffer from alarming declines in fertility rates, while developing countries are experiencing rapid population growth.

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And when it comes to this worker-to-retiree ratio, there are a number of countries that are in terrible condition.

China, for example, spent decades under the one-child policy in an attempt to control the population. And one effect of this policy is that there simply aren’t enough young people to take care of older people'

zerohedge.com
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