A few days ago, I shared some slides from a presentation to an e-symposium organized by Trends Research in Abu Dhabi.
Here’s a video of my presentation, which includes 16 visuals to drive home the point that the world is facing a demographic/entitlement crisis.
Today, I want to share five more visuals to underscore the severity and magnitude of this catastrophe.
But before we look at the charts, I’ll start by saying this isn’t a fast-developing problem. It’s taken several decades to get where we are now and most nations probably have several decades before an actual crisis materializes.
Though what’s already happened in Greece (and what’s presumably about to happen in Italy) should underscore the seriousness of this issue.
This issue is global, as illustrated by this chart showing the staggering shift that will happen to the world’s population. Simply stated, there are going to be…
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