With Yale economics professor Yusuke Narita suggesting mass suicide—seppuku—as the answer to Japan’s rapidly aging demographics, Jeff and Bob take a hard look at the economics and humanity of greying America.
Richard Hanania, “Gerontocracy Versus Western Civilization”: https://Mises.org/HAP383a
Bob on opting out of Social Security: https://Mises.org/HAP383b
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00:00 Introduction
00:50 Age Demographics in the USA
05:06 Entitlements and Social Security
18:59 Cultural Impacts of an Aging Population