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Demographics are a political thing and can flip in ten years, so I don’t see that as a sure thing long term.
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The generational collapse in South Korea and Japan will take more than 10 years to flip. There aren’t enough current kids to change the trajectory that quickly.
It’s more like a 40 year problem because the huge wave of old people needs to clear and a new wave of prime-age workers has to be created.
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What I meant by “flip” is that the downward trend in births can turn around fast — but yeah, full replacement can still take decades.
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That flip puts a lot of stress on the labor force, since they now have both lots of old people and lots of kids per worker.
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Depends how much they embrace robots