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How does this logic work when the next generation/incoming demographic is even bigger? Boomers aren't an isolated bloc of people followed by 20-year-olds. It's a continuous expanding number of X year olds every year.

For specific USA numbers:

There are 18.7 million 65-69 year olds.

There are 21.1 million 60-64 year olds.

There are 22.3 million 55-59 year olds.

Etc... You can't have one demographic retire/die off and everything is cheap again -- because there is always another demographic moving right into their place all the time.




https://www.census.gov/newsroom/blogs/random-samplings/2016/...

You are right, but I think in the 10 years lots of the 55-59 people die off so wont be larger. Then the pyramid shrinks.




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