Dustin Whitney’s Contribution to AON’s Whitepaper Virtually all industries are struggling with labor shortages today. AON is a large insurance company with several business segments. I’ve been working with their Strategy and...
A Lifeguard Shortage in 2023? It’s been a hot summer. The headlines in early July flashed red declaring June the hottest month in recorded history. And that record didn’t last long…July was...
Part 3: The Demographic Shift Economically healthy societies require balance between age cohorts. Those who are too old to provide for or take care of themselves rely on those who can work...
Part 2: US Housing Shortage? A shortage of homes? Comparing population size to the number of homes is tricky because many people can live in the same place. Some people live alone,...
Part 1: US Population Growth A friend in the real estate business recently asked me to comment on some words spoken by Lawrence Yun, Chief Economist of National Association of Realtors (NAR)....
To learn how America can cope with demographic decline we need to address what the data is telling us. First, what is an “Aging Society”? People living longer, I suppose. That makes...
An Interview with David Leichner As a part of David Leichner’s series “The Future of Robotics Over the Next Few Years” he had the pleasure of interviewing Dustin Whitney. Dustin Whitney is...
The United Nations announced that the world has reached a key milestone – global population has surpassed 8 billion people. A quick Google search will return endless media reports and commentary. Headlines...
While it is true that the global population has tripled since 1950, doomsday predictions of overpopulation are misleading and could be based on flawed interpretation of widely propagated demographic statistics.
Despite the fact that the population has been growing over the last couple of decades, the future of our world’s economy could be in jeopardy. It’s not that there is a higher...
