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Last month, we examined the demographic profile of crypto investors, preliminary 2021 birth data, and shifting political party identification.
Here are my top insights from February 2022.
TOP NEWSWIRES
Who Invests in Crypto? (2/28)
- Stock traders and crypto traders have very different demographic profiles. Compared to stock traders, crypto traders are somewhat more male; have less education and lower incomes; and are decidedly less white.
Americans Are Shifting to the Right (2/23)
- U.S. political party identification shifted greatly during 2021. Democrats started the year with a historically large advantage over Republicans, but lost all of it by the end of the year as GOP identification climbed.
Don’t Underestimate the Impact of Long Covid (2/15)
- A new analysis estimates that 1.6 million full-time workers are missing due to long Covid. This would account for around 15% of unfilled jobs.
Births in China Continue to Fall (2/7)
- In 2021, China’s birthrate fell to a historic low of 7.52 births per 1,000 people. Births barely outnumbered deaths, raising fresh speculation about imminent population decline.
Top Chart
Is the Pandemic Baby Bust Smaller Than Expected? (2/25)
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Neil Howe
Managing Director, Demography
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ABOUT NEIL HOWE
Neil Howe is a renowned authority on generations and social change in America. An acclaimed bestselling author and speaker, he is the nation's leading thinker on today's generations—who they are, what motivates them, and how they will shape America's future.
A historian, economist, and demographer, Howe is also a recognized authority on global aging, long-term fiscal policy, and migration. He is a senior associate to the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C., where he helps direct the CSIS Global Aging Initiative.
Howe has written over a dozen books on generations, demographic change, and fiscal policy, many of them with William Strauss. Howe and Strauss' first book, Generations is a history of America told as a sequence of generational biographies. Vice President Al Gore called it "the most stimulating book on American history that I have ever read" and sent a copy to every member of Congress. Newt Gingrich called it "an intellectual tour de force." Of their book, The Fourth Turning, The Boston Globe wrote, "If Howe and Strauss are right, they will take their place among the great American prophets."
Howe and Strauss originally coined the term "Millennial Generation" in 1991, and wrote the pioneering book on this generation, Millennials Rising. His work has been featured frequently in the media, including USA Today, CNN, the New York Times, and CBS' 60 Minutes.
Previously, with Peter G. Peterson, Howe co-authored On Borrowed Time, a pioneering call for budgetary reform and The Graying of the Great Powers with Richard Jackson.
Howe received his B.A. at U.C. Berkeley and later earned graduate degrees in economics and history from Yale University.
