Demographic Trends—The New Retail Nexus; The Aggregate; and I’ll Have What They’re Having [MAR.24]

A TPDEARR Article Trans-Pacific Dynamic Equity Allocation Research Report *The MAR.24 TPDEARR Squad, this quarter's list of investment asset targets, goes on sale at the end of March, 2024.* In taking the study of "demographics" as the analysis of groups of human populations and how they change, we cannot limit our understanding to only "natural" … Continue reading Demographic Trends—The New Retail Nexus; The Aggregate; and I’ll Have What They’re Having [MAR.24]

Demographic Trends—”Dividends” from Age and Diversity [DEC.23]

A TPDEARR Article Trans-Pacific Dynamic Equity Allocation Research Report Demographics—the description of populations—are no less utilized by capitalists than policymakers, but of course it's the mutually-perpetuating economists, huddled together within the capitalist fracas, that are obliged to coin terms like "demographic dividend" that mischaracterize words in order to describe observable phenomena. James Kwak has cleanly … Continue reading Demographic Trends—”Dividends” from Age and Diversity [DEC.23]

Demographic Trends—Inequality as a Function of Globalization, Homelessness in the Land(s) of Plenty, and The Billionaires’ Agendas [SEP.23]

A TPDEARR ArticleTrans-Pacific Dynamic Equity Allocation Research Report For this Demographic Trends article of the SEP.23 issue of the TPDEARR, we would like to focus on the economic stratification of individuals and how it plays out along a spectrum from homelessness to billionaire. In essence, we can’t help but come to the conclusion that such … Continue reading Demographic Trends—Inequality as a Function of Globalization, Homelessness in the Land(s) of Plenty, and The Billionaires’ Agendas [SEP.23]

Demographic Trends—Population Growth, Population Aging, and Competition [MAR.23]

In the current moment, the most pressing demographic shifts are those of growth and age. Though migration concerns remain high throughout the Western world (including in the US, where nobody can agree about how to deal with difficult-to-control illegal southern border crossings coming in from Mexico, which serves as a conduit for opportunistic migrants throughout … Continue reading Demographic Trends—Population Growth, Population Aging, and Competition [MAR.23]

Demographic Trends—8 Billion People and Counting, Competing Interests, and Communism, Islam and Trans-Pacific Diversity [DEC.22]

Humanity is still swelling (see: “8 Billion People and Counting”). As some aspects of Western-based cultural and soft power are usurped by more compelling international contenders sporting multi-ethnic-friendly impressions, the Trans-Pacific sphere is reorienting towards Asia in some ways and diversifying regionally in others. Immigration is ongoing; COVID lock-downs prevented some travel, but did virtually … Continue reading Demographic Trends—8 Billion People and Counting, Competing Interests, and Communism, Islam and Trans-Pacific Diversity [DEC.22]