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“It is absolutely ridiculous that there is no way to be completely sure that a country is going to thrive.”
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The population of the world is growing by an amazing amount now over the next 10 years. This is happening on almost every front, from the oceans to agriculture, from water scarcity to infectious diseases to education and health promotion.
But while the vast majority of progress is being made, people are not. In many countries today the share of people under 30 is barely five – but it has doubled since 1980 as an average income has risen to $30 per day ($5.33 today). The share of people over 30 is now more than nine times that of the general population. According to the World Bank, the top three reasons for global poverty are: income inequality, food insecurity, and unemployment from childbearing.
The US population is ageing and living as a country. According to a report done by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, an estimated 7.7 million people are born in the US; half of all Americans are under age 30. More than 14 percent of all people under the age of 50 are unemployed. And the rate of young people moving out of poverty is rapidly moving up as well, but what is going through our heads isn’t really a clear trend.
In a nutshell, this is the message that my colleagues are getting at: It is absolutely ridiculous that there is no way to be completely sure that a country is going to thrive. You can be sure that when you try to measure change over the next 15 years, your own research will