Culture reading

Jack Goldstone has read the culture of the future and presents the following:

1) World population will stabilize at 9.15 billion by 2050
2) Global income will increase more than population
3) Europe and North America are becoming less significant in the global economy
4) GDP in Europe and North America will fall from 68% of global GDP in 1950 to less than 30% in 2050
5) Stimulus for economic growth will come from Brazil, China, Indonesia, Mexico and Turkey
6) Europe and North America are aging at unprecedented rates
7) In America, the population aged 60 or older will double by 2050 to 30% of the nation
8) America will have less workers by 2050
9) The year 2010 likely will be the first time in human history that a majority of the global population will live in cities rather than rural areas
10) Civil unrest in the world will continue to increase