Issue 51: Misery Index
Crunching the numbers on the class war.
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Americans aged 100+ in 1980: 32,194 Americans aged 100+ in 2020: 104,819 Number of the top 38 antiaging start-ups that are based in the US: 28 Americans aged 65+ living below the poverty line: 1⁄10 Americans aged 65+ who scrimp on food and other necessities to afford health care costs: 1⁄4 15- to 24-year-olds globally […]