When deaths outnumber births, which is expected to happen as early as 2025, it results in a depopulation crisis. As deaths will outnumber births, we will need new measures to deal with an aging population. Longer life spans, with studies predicting a 100-year life cycle on the horizon, coupled with falling fertility rates in wealthy countries indicate that societies are rapidly aging, with many soon unable to support their elderly population. Increasing aging populations exacerbate the challenge of resource depletion. A declining and aging population will necessitate economic solutions to problems like paying and staffing the overburdened healthcare system, modifying housing for the elderly, and dealing with a smaller workforce to tax.