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tonyedgecombetoday at 6:52 PM1 replyview on HN

> Job sector growth (after revisions down) has been almost entirely within the healthcare industry which is quite unsustainable.

Someone has to wipe our Boomer arses. An aging population means more healthcare and less of everything else.


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alephnerdtoday at 7:04 PM

> Someone has to wipe our Boomer arses. An aging population means more healthcare and less of everything else

And a much more intense shift to financialization.

Pension funds tends to target an IRR of around 20-30%, and it is they that are the biggest pools of capital that funds invest.

You ain't hitting that amount of IRR without an extreme degree of financial ruthlessness.