http://www.sublimeoblivion.com/2009/12/12/freedom-welfare-future/ Anatoly Karlin on Eurasia, geopolitics, and peak oil Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:07:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.sublimeoblivion.com/2009/12/12/freedom-welfare-future/#comment-2973 Ombrageux Sun, 13 Dec 2009 16:12:29 +0000 http://www.sublimeoblivion.com/?p=3046#comment-2973 The question becomes: A) Are our gains in productivity since the Second War such that they can offset the declining worker-to-dependent ratio (a ratio somewhat improved ironically by the absence of children)? B) The implication of the question, are we going to accept the return of widespread poverty among the elderly? The question becomes:
A) Are our gains in productivity since the Second War such that they can offset the declining worker-to-dependent ratio (a ratio somewhat improved ironically by the absence of children)?
B) The implication of the question, are we going to accept the return of widespread poverty among the elderly?

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