A country needs working citizens in all sectors for an economy to thrive. But that all crumbles when an aging population denies its country workers, an issue that worsens when a country cracks down on immigration, as the president-Trump is proposing. Geopolitical analyst Peter Zeihan joined Yahoo Finance Executive Editor Brian Sozzi to break down these global concerns.
"We're looking at demographic collapse in China, Korea, Japan, Germany, Italy, all within the next 10 years," he says. "These countries have had birth rates so low for so long that in all cases, they have more people above age 50 than below age 50."
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This post was written by Rachael Lewis-Krisky, producer for Opening Bid.