I believe you nailed it on its head, artist! It's always been hard for me to believe that these "leaders" in our country and Europe didn't know they were wrong about their claims about "aging work forces", because the numbers readily available to them show the clear-cut proportionality between technology and needing fewer workers not more. I mean I've known that from my work since the 70's so they should certainly be aware of it 40 years later.