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Without population growth, big parts of many national economies become unsustainable. They're like MLM, Ponzi Schemes, or other pyramid schemes in this way.
by wallace_f 8y ago
Without population growth, big parts of many national economies become unsustainable. They're like MLM, Ponzi Schemes, or other pyramid schemes in this way.
- notfromhere 8y agoThat's not true. Population growth and economic growth are related, but can happen without the other.
- wallace_f 8y agoAn introduction: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2016/05/02/two-solutions-to-the-challenges-of-population-aging/ https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2016/05/02/two-solut... >Aging populations pose a challenge to the fiscal and macroeconomic stability of many societies Entitlements, leveraged risk-taking, investment. All these things depend on the next generation.
- mac01021 8y agoI'm not sure that's ever been demonstrated empirically.