Low Birth Rates Pay Off - In The Short Term
Thursday, October 9, 2014 - 23:10
in Mathematics & Economics
America now has a services funding problem that has plagued Europe for a time - nowhere near enough workers to pay for people getting government money. Though there are now 2 workers to pay for Baby Boomer social security, compared to 42 when the system started, a new study advocates even fewer babies and more economic slowdown. But it will pay off, say scholars from the University of California, Berkeley and the East-West Center in Hawaii. read more