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minus-squareTurun@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoIt’s not necessarily financial trouble. You need health care workers. Those workers do not contribute to other sectors of the economy, but still consume products. So a growing population of older people automatically reduces the effective number of working people.
It’s not necessarily financial trouble.
You need health care workers. Those workers do not contribute to other sectors of the economy, but still consume products. So a growing population of older people automatically reduces the effective number of working people.