Demographics is an interesting science, and one that has real impacts on society over time that are really only apparent after the fact.  Mauldin recounts a conversation with Strauss and Howe on their book, “The Fourth Turning“.  The premise is that the US and the western world move in 80 year cycles, with four ‘seasons’ within each cycle.  As historians, they have looked back in time, and concluded the cycles are quite consistent. Whether you buy that or not, the four cycles noted do describe the 20th century well, and place us firmly in the latter part of the third, … Continue reading “The Fourth Turning” | demographics and predictable change