USA: The End of U.S. Demographic Exceptionalism
The Terry Group and the Global Aging Institute have jointly published an issue brief entitled “The End of U.S. Demographic Exceptionalism.” Until recently, America’s relatively high fertility rate seemed to ensure that it would remain the youngest of the major developed countries for the foreseeable future, as well as the only one with a steadily growing workforce. But birthrates were already in a steep decline before the pandemic hit, and now have plunged to European levels….
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