Sunday, June 03, 2007
Demographics
This article begins by discussing Canada. It includes the comment below about the U.S.
I'm thinking that young people would be wise to take care of their own financial maturity, and not count on any successive generations to have the resources to take care of them...
I'm thinking that young people would be wise to take care of their own financial maturity, and not count on any successive generations to have the resources to take care of them...
In her Maclean's article about the baby shortage, Lianne George has this quote:
"'In the next 20 years,' says Harvard's Ellwood, 'there will be no net new native-born workers in the so-called prime age of 24 to 55 in the United States. The only new workers will come from two places: older workers and immigrants. And most immigrants in nations like the U.S. have been low-skill."
