NEWS: Ageing recession warning

From: Charlie Stross (charlie@antipope.org)
Date: Thu Aug 30 2001 - 05:09:19 MDT


See: http://www.guardian.co.uk/population/Story/0,2763,544116,00.html

Executive summary: population growth is slowing, people are living
longer. This means that the elderly population is about to bloat,
while the work force shrinks. End result: an "ageing recession". Former
Japanese prime minister blames country's woes on demographic shift that
took years to recognize; Centre for Strategic and International Studies
asserts that half the economic growth since 1950 mirrored growth in the
work force, and a shrinking workforce means negative growth.

Folks, we _need_ those anti-ageing treatments. Badly!

-- Charlie



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