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Top Links 951 Prime age workers scarcity. Italian alternate history. VW Doubling down on China & The Minimal Winning Coalition.

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Dec 14, 2025
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Corneliu Baba, The Chess Player, 1948

Prime age workers are becoming more scarce

The number of countries in which the working age population is shrinking has risen from two in 1980 to 50 today, and it will reach 77 by 2040.

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