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Board Economics
Merits 5 from 3 users
Re: What will you do in 2030?
by
o_e_l_e_o
on 17/12/2018, 16:44:07 UTC
⭐ Merited by Foxpup (3) ,LoyceV (1) ,dbshck (1)
By the time I'm proper old I'll be amazed if there's a state pension of any sort.

We haven't even hit peak baby boomer yet. The number of adults who are retired and claiming pension is increasing. Look at this chart for the US, for example:



Look particularly at the 50-64 age ranges which are relatively larger, and the 5-19 age ranges which are relatively smaller. In the next 10-15 years, all those baby boomers will be hitting pensionable age, whilst a lower number of Generation Zs will be taking their place. On top of that Millennials are having less children, and so the trend is only going to get worse, with a growing elderly population and a shrinking workforce.