minus-squarelimdaepl@feddit.orgtoGreentext@sh.itjust.works•Anon isn't worried about population declinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·19 days agoWhat those „retiree per worker“ graphs always fail to mention is how productivity increased over the same period. Those two workers today produce about as much as 8 did in the 50s so supporting the retirees should in fact be easier today, not harder. That it isn’t is because wages didn’t increase proportionately. linkfedilink
What those „retiree per worker“ graphs always fail to mention is how productivity increased over the same period.
Those two workers today produce about as much as 8 did in the 50s so supporting the retirees should in fact be easier today, not harder.
That it isn’t is because wages didn’t increase proportionately.