The Economist's "The World in 2010"
Sunday, December 27, 2009 at 10:17PM YEAREND SPECIAL ISSUE: "The World in 2010: Beyond the economic crisis," The Economist.
What? No "decade from hell"?
Just some tidbits in passing, mostly from charts that catch the eye, because as much as I love The Economist, their year-end issues tend to be a bit boring.
From "Peak labour" by Barbara Beck:
A chart showing the combination of the young and old as a percentage of China's overall population: back in 1965, it was a stunning 80% (mostly made of young) and then it progressively dropped to its absolute low point in 2010, when it was a hair under 40%. The forecast is now a steady rise to just over 60% by 2050. That means 2010 will be THE golden year and that everything goes downhill from then on. By 2030 the Chinese will have a pensioner population equal to the entire U.S. population.
From "An imperfect storm" by Simon Cox:
A chart showing that manufacturing finally overtakes ag as a share of the economy in 2010.
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