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The number of 18-year-olds is about to drop sharply, packing a wallop for colleges — and the economy (hechingerreport.org)

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America is about to go over the ‘demographic cliff’

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

This seems like a problem for immigration to solve.

A worker shortage sounds great, though! That means higher wages and better working conditions.

A worker shortage of this magnitude hasn’t happened since the years immediately after World War II, when the number of young men was reduced by death and disability, said Strohl and others.

Awesome! Why is this article acting like a post-WWII economy is a bad thing? This is gonna be great!