Hannah Shiau - Economics Students Society of Australia

Hannah Shiau

Causes of Japan's aggressively ageing and shrinking population

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Causes of Japan's aggressively ageing and shrinking population

The Old Age Dependency Ration (OADR) is defined as the number of old age dependents (aged 65 or over) per 100 persons of working age (aged 20-64). It is commonly used to measure population ageing and to predict its decline. This figure is projected to increase in all regions of

Built to fail: Planned obsolescence in product design

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Built to fail: Planned obsolescence in product design

Products previously designed to last a lifetime are only lasting a couple of years. Not only is this due to a decrease in the quality of materials to make products cheaper and more accessible for consumers, it is also due to purposefully built-in designs that make a product last for