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In the same way that a drought solves a flood. Technically yes, but it introduces an equally as dangerous and possibly worse problem.

It's already true in France. Over 65s are 22.5% of the population and under 18s are 17%. And the difference is rapidly widening.

Yes. A massive implosion in aggregate consumer demand due to shrinking population will hit real estate, stocks, tax revenue, and therefore the ability to meet debt repayment obliga…

The real problem aging societies face is not a shortage of money but a shortage of people.

This is what the policy wonk idealists say, but the undeniable evidence going back hundreds of years is that dense cities are fertility shredders.

Yes, but the inverse implication of countries heavily competing is that young people will be severely restricted from leaving as well. An incredibly underrated future possibility i…

This is the extremely marketable "solution". Easy to sell to voters. The problem is that it does not work whatsoever. There is no evidence anywhere that transfers to mothers increa…

The big 3 produced 6.47 million passenger cars in 1970. The big 3 produced 15.66 million passenger cars in 2025.

Big 3 global workforce headcount today is far far below what it was in 1970. The outsourcing explanation doesn't make sense.

The big 3 don't employ half a million fewer because they weakened unions. It's because manufacturing needs fewer people now. The UAW can't simply force them to retain half a millio…

How would that even work? The federal/state government would legally ban people from writing code (like they can legally ban people from practicing law or medicine) unless they hav…

But despite those margins, it's also an industry with a LOT of unprofitable businesses, unlike any other industry in history. From many people's perspective, if they already earn w…

Most tech workers I have met with parent commenters opinion have been laid off at various times in their career. I think it's important to note that unions aren't very good tools t…

To power an AI data center with off-grid solar panels, you'd need about 45,000 acres of land devoted to your solar farm. The panels themselves could be literally free and the natur…

Betting on economic growth exceeding the piling up of debt is something most governments around the world have been doing for about 40 years straight now.

because you can't fill the buses! 1. Cul-de-sacs and surburbia lack through-streets. So it forces heavy long buses to navigate winding narrow loops. This makes your routing complex…

Given China's enormous land borders and the surrounding seas they share with south east asian neighbors, it's quite difficult to impose a blockade. Observers have been shocked abou…

From a municipal finance perspective, most Dallas-Fort Worth suburban municipalities are far and away outperforming urban Dallas (the City of Dallas proper). That's not opinion, yo…

the simple fact of the matter is the Waymo is a better public transport solution for Dallas than the bus. The bus doesn't work very well in endless cul-de-sac suburbia, and that's …

Invert the question. Why do other countries pay half as much? Because they can't afford to pay more.

Yes I know. That sounds about what it should be. Maybe less actually.

I think the most correct and probably most discouraging answer is that American healthcare costs about what it should.

Unfortunately, they are instead spending lots of money on procuring surface fleet for their navy. They just recently announced 10 more frigates.

How hard would it be for China to make sure no ships or airplanes arrive to Taiwan for a few weeks? The island has only days worth of food and energy. No bloody D-Day landings need…