[LUmBULtERA]

Growth. De-escalation of current conflicts and new conflicts arise. EU/US economy prevails. Change in China kicks off new growth and prosperity. Renewable electricity and batteries continue to take off and global GHG emissions fall.

[LabMechanic]

What do you think about money and income? If people in the Western world get older, lose jobs, earn less money, and have fewer kids, who will buy those kinds of products? Maybe people in “third-world” countries (who might have enough young people)? How can those young people exchange their labor for money? Will an unskilled worker have enough wealth to buy such products? What about governments? Will they make taxation higher (e.g., less wealth for you)?

[LUmBULtERA]

Low and medium percentile earners will make a little more income inflation adjusted, high earners will earn even more. Discussions of inequality therefore continue as they have now. Automation starts kicking off in a more significant way and more than offsets declines in population growth.