The advanced world's older populations (Baby Boomers aging out) create healthcare demand that will absorb labor into caregiving roles, but after that cohort dies (2030s-2040s), the demand for workers in healthcare will contract. This means near-term labor scarcity for blue-collar workers could push them into healthcare, supply chain, and logistics roles, potentially maintaining real wage growth temporarily.

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you're assuming a degree of continuity that allows to build us that industrial plant

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Four Ex-Stratfor Analysts Reunite to Predict How the World EndsJacob Shapiro
Created: 8/12/2026, 1:54:56 AM

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