Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Atlas shrugged

[Doug Henwood]

Gar Lipow wrote:

>Also there is one other point. In the U.S, anyway the increase in the
>ratio of seniors to others is projected to occur alongside a drop in the
>ratio of children to population -- so that the total "dependency" ratio
>is projected to be a only a tiny bit higher than at present...

If you calculate the number of nonworkers per worker, even the rather 
dire official Social Security calculations show only a minor rise, to 
levels well below those of the 1950s and 1960s.

Doug