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just in case you were feeling like there wasn't enough bad news about the future here is an interesting twopiecer about demographics worth a read :

http://www.theglobalmail.org/feature/what-happens-when-half-the-world-stops-making-babies/573/

and

http://www.theglobalmail.org/feature/the-global-economy-is-a-giant-ponzi-scheme/575/

in other news, how good is the federal government