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Opportunities, challenges, problems raised by changing demographics world-wide.

The Generational Gap

Posted on June 24, 2012 by oudmatie | Leave a comment

Two articles about the rich, mainly white elderly and the poor, very diverse young appeared in the New York TImes today.  Continue reading →

Posted in Deficit, Demographics, Economics

Income inequality

Posted on October 30, 2011 by oudmatie | Leave a comment

The source may be liberal but the graphs here are just that – graphs. They tell a depressing story about the rise of income inequality in this country. What they do not tell us is either the cause or the solution. As Ross Douthat points out in today’s New York Times increasing the tax rate on millionaires does not (by itself) solve the problem. Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics

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