Encuentran un fragmento de la 'Tierra Original' :: Ciencia :: Universo :: Periodista Digital

What have we learned? --Japan and Italy have ageing populations. Through either low immigration or low birth rates, or a combination of both, ageing countries face some grim demographic math. Pension (private and public) pensions are likely to increase even as the tax base shrinks. Taxes go up on younger people. But government borrowing probably increases too, unless benefits get cut. If the borrowing is not from domestic savings (where it would then NOT go to private enterprise) it must be done on global markets at whatever the market price for money is. --Iran is very young, but ruled by theocratic old men. Hmmn. --The U.S. has a squarish figure. But the pyramid does not reveal that for most American workers, real wages have gone nowhere since 1974. The boomers might be able to retire by liquidating their share market and housing wealth. But who are they going to sell to? The government?   fuente:  Daily Reckoning Australia, 17 de agosto, 2010