🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 10 hours agoAnon isn't worried about population declinesh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up137
arrow-up137imageAnon isn't worried about population declinesh.itjust.works🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 10 hours agomessage-square65fedilink
minus-squarelimdaepl@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-25 hours 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.
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.