Ready or Not, Here Comes the Post-China World
China is in the process of transitioning from being the world’s export-driven, cheap-labor manufacturing nexus to a middle-income, consumer-driven economy.
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Demography
Moving Toward a Color-Blind Society
Affirmative action policies based on race and ethnicity were implemented in many countries in hopes of remedying the future ramifications
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Where’s the Growth?
As Trends subscribers know, geodemography is destiny. The success of a business, career, or life is largely dependent on being
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The Population Implosion Takes Center Stage
For nearly 25 years, the Trends editors have been highlighting “the graying planet” and the “population implosion” facing the EU,
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Facing Up to Our Mismanagement of Population Aging
Since at least 1988, the Trends editors have been sounding warnings about the inevitable crisis associated with the aging of
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Understanding the Millennial Consumer
Every generation is influenced by its context. Like the Boomers, Millennials represent a huge age cohort that reshapes the economy
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Can the War on Poverty Still Be Won?
In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson made two fateful decisions: First, he dramatically upped America’s involvement in the Vietnam War.
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