Cat Food Economy

 Jeffrey St. Clair>>

+ A Pew Research Center analysis of Census Bureau data finds that for the first time in nearly twenty years, the share of unpartnered adults — who are neither married nor living with an unmarried partner — in the United States has declined. Is this because Elon moved his entire harem into one compound?

+ They may be living together (out of economic necessity, most likely), but they don’t seem to have much interest in the reproduction of the species. According to a piece in the Financial Times, fertility rates have collapsed in some of the world’s biggest economies (one reason, especially in China, is the rush to develop AI and automated workforces)…

+ Who can afford to have kids in a cat food economy? (A cat food economy where the cat food is now too expensive to afford cats.)