Pittsburgh Bridge Collapse
In Demographics and the Tough Choices Ahead earlier in the week, we made the case that tough choices will need to be made about whether the US labor forces chooses…
Boomer Math: y=41.228249x + 3032.9326
Do you remember high school algebra? Perhaps you were a specially smart kid and took algebra in the seventh or eight grade and already know what this formula might be:…
Palm Oil & Malaysia’s Labor Problem
We’ve discussed demographics problems in the US, China, and Germany but the aging demographic problem isn’t limited to those countries. Finance Yahoo had a great article from Bloomberg on the…
Intel’s $20 Billion Ohio Plant Mistake
Intel was once an innovator in the chip industry then it lost its way and now it’s trying to make a come back but in our opinion, it’s already made…
A Sneak Peak At 2030
We recently came across a great demographic book, The Super Age: Decoding Our Demographic Destiny by Bradley Schurman that dives into the demographic quagmire society will find itself in over…
Demographics and the Tough Choices Ahead To 2030
We’ve written a great deal about how 60+ million baby boomer retiring over the next decade are going to drain the labor force of productivity but what does that mean…
Teen Truck Drivers? What Happened To Self-Driving Trucks?
The Mercury News is reporting that a new rule will allow teens as young as 18 years old to drive big semi trucks across state lines. With the trucking industry…
Germany’s Demographic Problem
A very good article from Reuters via Yahoo Finance about Germany’s ongoing demographic problem worthy of a read in its entirety. Germany’s new coalition government wants to attract 400,000 qualified…
China’s Demographic Problem
We’ve covered the American demographic problem here in various posts on this blog but the United States isn’t the only country with a demographic problem. According to this article, China’s…
Health Care Deserts and Higher Costs
The Texas Tribune is reporting on how ‘maternity deserts’ are popping up all over rural Texas and the cause isn’t covid but that certainly helped accelerate the problem. Declining populations…