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Re:The Old Are Eating the Young by int_19h on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @02:45PM (#14554981)
What was the difference in birth rates between 50s-80s and today? That's the more important metric in this case.
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Re:The Old Are Eating the Young by crdoconnor on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @02:58PM (#14555117)
The dependency ratio went up from 15% in 1960 to 22% today.

The GDP per capita, by contrast, has increased 300% in 2005 adjusted dollars.

This is the metric that answers the question "why are pensions deemed unaffordable?", not birth/aging/death rates:

http://retired.talkingpointsmemo.com/images/productivity.png

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