In this episode of ‘Cliff Notes on the Global Manufacturing Picture’, host Cliff Waldman reviews the latest look at global population trends from the United Nations. The 2022 report of the UN’s World Population Prospects presents population estimates from 1950 to the present for 237 countries, underpinned by analysis of historical demographic data. Cliff explains why population trends matter for such critical things as the long-term economic outlook and the labor force. After overviewing the key findings from the U.N. report and discussing regional differences in such things as population growth rates and life expectancy, he concludes the episode by discussing the implications for manufacturing.
Episode 692: Cliff Notes on the Global Manufacturing Picture for July
Cliff Waldman
Certified Business Economist and member of the National Association for Business Economics (NABE). Go beyond the mainstream media headlines with Cliff Waldman throughout his series on Manufacturing Talk Radio where he focuses on forces that are catalyzing rapid structural changes in the companies and sectors that comprise the dynamic manufacturing industry.
