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Statista: Older Workers Face Uneven Employment Aging Workforce Older Workers Face Uneven Employment Outcomes by  Tristan Gaudiaut,   May 15, 2026 As populations age rapidly in many regions around the world, the growing share of older workers and pensioners is raising new challenges for labor markets and public finances. UN projections show that old-age dependency ratios are set to rise sharply in countries such as South Korea, China, Italy and Germany by 2050, increasing pressure on working-age populations. Against this backdrop, the most recent data (2024) from the OECD Dashboard on Older Workers highlights that uneven employment outcomes persist for people in the final decade of their working lives (aged 55 to 64). Employment rates among this age group range from just 39 percent in South Africa to 79 percent in Japan, while in major European countries, rates vary from around 60 percent in Italy and France to 75 percent in Germany, with the United Kingdom at 66 percent. In No...

  Statista: Old-Age Dependency in Selected Countries The Growing Burden of Old-Age Dependency Anna Fleck   May 15, 2026 Many countries around the world are facing a rapidly rising old-age dependency ratio, according to projections published in the UN’s World Population Prospects 2024. This indicator measures the number of people aged 65 and older relative to the working-age population (between 15 and 64 years old). South Korea is expected to experience a particularly steep increase, with the number of people aged 65 and over per 100 working-age adults projected to jump from 31.2 in 2026 to 75.6 by 2050. Italy is also forecast to see a dramatic rise, climbing from 40.7 to 70.4. These figures underscore the accelerating pace of global population ageing, which will result in a growing economic burden on shrinking workforces. Established industrial economies such as the United States are projected to age more gradually, with the old-age dependency ratio rising from 29.3 to 37.9 ov...

   Loaves and Fishes: The Inspiring Story of the Catholic Worker Movement by Dorothy Day (Author),  Robert Coles (Introduction) Paperback – June 3, 2003; originally published: New York: Harper & Row, 1963. Ch.1 Everyone's Paper    OVERVIEW "Man proposes, and woman disposes." It took Dorothy from December to May to bring out the paper. While the people and ideas were there, the money was slow in coming. Fifty-seven dollars for two thousand copies at Paulist Press.  Dorothy drafted news articles about exploitation of Negros and sharecroppers in the South, child labor, evictions and strikes locally. Peter was disturbed as the paper took shape. It's everyone's paper," Peter said. Dorthy was pleased it was what she thought they had both wanted. "And everyone's paper is no one's paper." he said and without another word left. Later she learned that he had gone back upstate in New York. Day began selling the paper at the May Day rally in New Yor...

  Loaves and Fishes: The Inspiring Story of the Catholic Worker Movement by Dorothy Day (Author),  Robert Coles (Introduction) Paperback – June 3, 2003; originally published: New York: Harper & Row, 1963. Ch.1 A Knock at the Door    OVERVIEW Day was living in a four -room deep apartment when she started the Catholic Worker with Peter Maurin, Besides her daughter Ramar, the family included her brother John and his wife Teresa.   Day earned her living by freelance articles on about the social order for Commonweal and America. She had just returned from Washington covering a hunger march and a farmer's conference.  The knock at the door was from Peter. Commonweal editor had recommended that he contact Dorothy. Day delightfully describes the chaos of the household. Peter loved to talk about ideas with everyone he met even though he came to see Dorothy about three ideas he had for here. First, he thought she join with him in beginning a Newspaper to help peo...

  Loaves and Fishes: The Inspiring Story of the Catholic Worker Movement by Dorothy Day (Author),  Robert Coles (Introduction) Paperback – June 3, 2003; originally published: New York: Harper & Row, 1963. The Long Loneliness The Autobiography of the Legendary Catholic Social Activist  – A Greenwich Village Journalist's Conversion and Commitment to Peace and Justice Peter Maurin: Apostle to the World by Dorothy Day (Author), Francis J Sicius (Author) Dorothy Day: Selected Writings by Robert Ellsberg (Editor) Paperback – April 21, 2005 Easy Essays by Peter Maurin (Author), Fritz Eichenberg (Illustrator) The Forgotten Radical -Peter Maurin Easy Essays from the Catholic Worker  (Catholic Practice in North America) The definitive edition of Catholic Worker cofounder Peter Maurin's Easy Essays, including 74 previously unpublished works The Catholic Worker Movement: Intellectual and Spiritual Origens by Mark Zwick (Author), Louise Zwick (Author)

Planning for Life After Retirement: Beyond Money & Consumption Most of us are familiar with advertisements of the financial planners aimed at potential retirees. That last paycheck has to last a lifetime! The question becomes how much money do we need for the rest of our lives? What if we live to be ninety? or (God forbid!) a hundred?   The answer to those questions depends upon our habits of consumption.  Do we want to maintain our present lifestyle Do we want to move elsewhere? Or journey around the world? Consumption opportunities are endless, and so could be the amount of money needed to fulfill them. A gold mine for the investment industry!  This post aims to shift planning for life away from money and financial capital to broader notions of our investments in human, social, and cultural capital. Our most fulfilling leisure (non-work) time may be what we do to continue our accumulation of human, social, and cultural capital, not only for ourselves but others...

  Statista Streaming Takes Over the TV Screen by  Felix Richter, Feb 19, 2026 Over the past few years, streaming services have taken over a growing chunk of TV consumption in the United States. According to Nielsen’s The Gauge, a monthly report that measures what Americans watch on their actual TV screens, streaming’s rise has mostly come at the expense of broadcast and cable TV, which saw their share of TV screentime decline significantly. Back in December 2021, broadcast and cable accounted for 26 and 37 percent of TV viewing, respectively, while streaming accounted for 28 percent. By December 2025, the balance of power had shifted, and streaming reached its highest-ever share of television time at 48 percent, while broadcast and cable had dropped to 21 and 20 percent, respectively. The figures suggest that cable TV in particular is being replaced by streaming services, as many households that operate on a tight budget cut the cord and opt for more affordable and flexible st...

One of the foundations of Western European culture is leisure.  The Greek word for leisure  schole, is the origin of Latin scola, German Schule, English school. The name for the institutions of education and learning means "leisure". The original meaning of the concept of "leisure" has practically been forgotten in today's leisure-less culture of "total work." We must confront the contradiction that rises from our overemphasis on the world of work. "One does not only work in order to live, but one lives for the sake of one's work," quoted by Max Weber. Aristotle: the sober, industrious realist, says  "We are not at-leisure in order to be at leisure." For the Greeks, "not-leisure" was the word for the world of everyday work; and not only to indicate its "hustle and bustle," but the work itself. The Greek language had only this negative term for it as did Latin neg-otium "not-leisure." Aristotle's...

  Statista: Biggest AI Concerns in the US by  Tristan Gaudiaut,   Nov 28, 2025 From chatbots to deepfakes, artificial intelligence is reshaping daily life - but not without raising major concerns among the population. According to a survey conducted by Statista Consumer Insights in the U.S. this year, people's manipulation and misinformation, as well as job replacement, are the top concerns regarding AI. All three issues were mentioned by more than 40 percent of American respondents, with manipulation (46 percent) and misinformation (45 percent) coming first. Among other major worries, the environmental impact of AI (power consumption) is cited by 27 percent of adults surveyed. Furthermore, while 41 percent believed "millions of jobs could be replaced", 23 percent viewed their job as threatened. You will find more infographics at Statista

  Statista: Largest Arms Companies by Sales Value by  Tristan Gaudiaut   Dec 3, 2025 The world's 100 largest arms-producing companies saw their combined revenues surge to a record $679 billion in 2024, a 6 percent increase from 2023, according to the latest annual report published by SIPRI on December 1, 2025. The rise is largely attributed to escalating geopolitical tensions, the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, and a global rush to modernize and expand military arsenals. As shown by our infographic, the top U.S. firms - Lockheed Martin, RTX, Northrop Grumman and General Dynamics - saw robust growth last year (between 3 and 8 percent), with Lockheed Martin remaining the world's largest military company, at nearly $65 billion of arms revenue. The sales of those firms reflect both new contracts and ongoing production challenges, particularly in programs like the F-35 fighter jet. The first European defense company, the UK-based firm BAE Systems, is ranked fourth, with ...

  ADDRESS TO JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Thursday, 24 September 2015   MISSION Pope Francis is clearly addressing each and every person in our nation, just as Bishop Malesic in his pastoral letter addressed each person in this diocese. Both focus upon the spiritual reality that each person has a mission in life, a set of unique personal and social responsibilities to exercise. Each person's gifts and talents are related to other persons and social institutions but not derived from them.  God created unique persons. Subsidiarity, a core principle of Catholic social teaching, recognizes that institutions and larger organizations exist to subsidize, i.e. support, smaller organizations (e.g. households, families, work groups) and persons exercising their responsibilities.  Most of human life is shaped by each person's interpersonal network consisting of concentric circles containing about 150 persons: about five cl...

The extension in affluent societies of average person's life span to seventy-five or more healthy years at the same time when government, business, or pensions enable people to retire in their sixties has resulted in conceptualizing the stages of life into three almost equal stages. 1. A first stage of physical and intellectual development of about thirty years. Although most physical development occurs in the first fifteen years of life, intellectual development often continues with bachelors, masters, and doctorates, and even postdoctoral residencies. (In my own case, high school was followed by two years of Jesuit novitiate. It was a good preparation for being a contemplative serving others.  College at Saint John's University followed. They were at the forefront of liturgical and church reform during the Vatican Council. An interdisciplinary doctorate in social psychology was followed by postdoctoral research in psychophysiology formed the biological/social and personal fra...

  Click on 2024 Center for Community Solutions Study – Statistical Profile of Older Adults in Lake County   Regular text is from the above report ; my comments are in italics AGE DEMOGRAPHICS Lake County encompasses 23 cities, villages, and townships. The area is home to 66,841 adults over 60, accounting for 28.8 percent of the county's total population. The growth is particularly pronounced among the population ages 85 and above. Increasing numbers of the oldest residents is expected to increase demand for supportive services including home-delivered meals, housekeeping, home modification, in-home care, and social connectedness. The entire community will need to adapt to these changes.  While the entire community will have to adapt to these changes, the volunteer efforts of Lake County elderly in the 60-74 age group, 20% of the population, many of whom are in the process of retiring, can provide much of the support needed by elderly as that reach age 85+ In the bott...