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Norman Borlaug's nobel prize speech was in 1970. Demographics have not gone in the direction he expected. Dependancy crises are now looming from falling birthr
by foobarbecue 7y ago
Norman Borlaug's nobel prize speech was in 1970. Demographics have not gone in the direction he expected. Dependancy crises are now looming from falling birthrates in most developed countries, and China. China removed the one child policy in 2016 but their birthrate continues to decline and age despite the party's new efforts to encourage fertility. Have a look at Hans Rosling's work.
- viklove 7y agoWhy is birthrate decline a bad thing? The global population can't just keep growing... it has to slow down and stop at some point. Honestly we would all be better off if we had stopped growing at 2-5 billion, rather than continuing to grow unchecked to 8+.
- foobarbecue 7y agoIt isn't. High dependancy ratios, however, are. i.e. a top-heavy population structure in which everyone is old and they rely on few people of productive working age.