06-20-2008, 11:38 PM
The book <b>MicroTrends</b> has some very interesting stats on the demographic trends around the world. I'll recommend people to read it, if not for anything but for opportunities on can see on the horizons.
The book's by Mark Penn - (in)famous for mismanaging Hillary's campaign.
I can't recall all trends he's listed on the demographics, some that I can recall (numbers/details might be bit off as memory hazy on this)
(i) The media age between UK and US today is about 5 years. In another two decades, due to the fertility rate, migrations, it's expected to have a gap of over 25 years. Translation: UK might not be a poodle going into future and there could be a huge divergence between the two in terms of their world outlook.
(ii) Trends of migration and current demographics in Europe are such that it doesn't bode well for future especially in certain communities.
Translation: more Londistan, French riots of last years type etc
(iii) Some 30% of UK couples aren't live-in couples but have romance via long distance
(iv) Some huge percent of Italian grown up males still live in with their mom.
Last two, not related to this thread, but it's another bit of info which might/not have a bearing on future.
Read the book if you can pick it from your local library, the numbers and his interpretations are fascinating. I couldn't find much material online, but I remember that he uses numbers from Pew Research Center so that could be a good start.
The book's by Mark Penn - (in)famous for mismanaging Hillary's campaign.
I can't recall all trends he's listed on the demographics, some that I can recall (numbers/details might be bit off as memory hazy on this)
(i) The media age between UK and US today is about 5 years. In another two decades, due to the fertility rate, migrations, it's expected to have a gap of over 25 years. Translation: UK might not be a poodle going into future and there could be a huge divergence between the two in terms of their world outlook.
(ii) Trends of migration and current demographics in Europe are such that it doesn't bode well for future especially in certain communities.
Translation: more Londistan, French riots of last years type etc
(iii) Some 30% of UK couples aren't live-in couples but have romance via long distance
(iv) Some huge percent of Italian grown up males still live in with their mom.
Last two, not related to this thread, but it's another bit of info which might/not have a bearing on future.
Read the book if you can pick it from your local library, the numbers and his interpretations are fascinating. I couldn't find much material online, but I remember that he uses numbers from Pew Research Center so that could be a good start.