22 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in labour economics, labour supply, population economics Tags: ageing society, Japan
Three Snapshots of Where US Population is Headed
29 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in economic history, environmental economics, labour economics, labour supply, population economics Tags: ageing society, economics of fertility, economics of immigration, population bust
The Congressional Budget Office has published The Demographic Outlook: 2024 to 2054 (January 2024), which offers some recent history and projections of how the US population is evolving. Here are three snapshots: The Role of Immigration in Total US Population Growth The black line shows projected US population growth since 2004, with firm data up…
Three Snapshots of Where US Population is Headed
Superannuation, KiwiSaver, and New Zealand’s economic development
22 Feb 2024 Leave a comment
in economic growth, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, macroeconomics, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: ageing society
The Retirement Commissioner has released a paper on aspects of New Zealand Superannuation (NZS). Its focus includes affordability, fairness, age of eligibility, and the treatment of those over 65 who continue in the workforce whilst also receiving NZS. What the Commissioner does not discuss is the relationship between superannuation systems, domestic savings rates and capital […]
Superannuation, KiwiSaver, and New Zealand’s economic development
Pension crisis
06 Jan 2024 Leave a comment
in budget deficits, fiscal policy, labour economics, labour supply, macroeconomics Tags: ageing society
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How to Kill a Country
04 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in development economics, growth miracles, labour economics, public economics, urban economics Tags: ageing society, economics of fertility, population bomb, South Korea
Much of Seoul is a sea of high-rises. And not just Seoul: Busan and other cities in South Korea have lots of high rises. More than half of all South Korean households live in high rises, and well over 60 percent live in some kind of multifamily housing. Seoul: High … Continue reading →
How to Kill a Country
What is ecological economics’ BIRTH CREDITs? What does BIRTH CREDIT mean?
06 Oct 2020 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of crime, economics of love and marriage, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, population economics Tags: ageing society, cranks, population bomb
45% of Australia’s residential aged care facilities are for profit
02 Oct 2020 1 Comment
in industrial organisation, law and economics, Marxist economics, politics - Australia, property rights Tags: ageing society
One-child policy compared
15 May 2020 Leave a comment
in development economics, discrimination, economics of love and marriage, gender, growth disasters, growth miracles, labour economics, labour supply, population economics, poverty and inequality Tags: ageing society, economics of fertility
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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