Posts Tagged: demographic deline

Finland’s present demographic challenges are a threat to its prosperity

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Finland will see dramatic changes to its population age structure in the next four decades, when the number of over-64-year-olds will soar by 941,000 to 1.639 million people, according to MTV3, citing Statistics Finland. Likewise, our labor force will shrink by an estimated 600,000 people in about 25 years.  It is surprising, if not worrying, that the majority

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Finland’s and Japan’s demographic and economic decline

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You don’t have to be an expert to understand that Europe and especially Finland are speeding towards a demographic and economic decline of untold proportions. The calamity we face will not come from outside our borders per se but will have the “Made in Finland” label on it.   There’s an interesting story on the

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