Russell Chapman wrote:
>
>Besides, who in FDR's day could have foreseen the massive % growth in 
>non-income-producing population in western countries - the longevity 
>might have been predicted, but not the size of the baby boom and the 
>reduction in birth rates since (which is really the problem - a pyramid 
>scheme actually works all the while there are new entrants handing over 
>cash).
>
Every science fiction writer of that time *did* predict these things.
It seems that economist live in a world that is more unrelated to reality
than any imagined world <evil gin>

Alberto Monteiro


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