The Demographics Of The Baby Bust

Its hard to predict the future but demographics are fairly predictable and they have a huge affect on how we live. This article provides some demographic data for developed and less developed parts of the world. It then describes some of the implications on demographics on how family life will change as the ratio between the young and the elderly shifts in the direction of the elderly. We should expect that consumption patterns will also change but this article does not get into many of the changes that may occur as a result of the demographic patterns that are likely to occur.