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The point about Japan is not so much that it has a declining population, but that it has a decline population of working age people. And my point about the US
by GordonS 6y ago
The point about Japan is not so much that it has a declining population, but that it has a decline population of working age people.
And my point about the US is the same[0]. Rather than aiming to keep the population size stable, I'd think goals should be around the size of the working age population, and around a level of growth that's required for the US economy to grow.
I do take your point about the number of people on the planet, but I don't think it's really an issue outside of developing nations.
[0] https://eig.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Heartland-Visas-Report.pdf https://eig.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Heartland-Visas-R...
- viklove 6y agoCan't grow perpetually, can you? So why should we try to hit the max before we stabilize? Basing an economy on an ever-growing population is foolish. We should plan better than that.
- GordonS 6y agoI didn't mean to grow in perpetuity; I meant firstly a growth rate that replenishes the working age population, and secondly that makes sense for the size, density and economic state of the country.