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I believe the article they refer to is this one: https://www.nature.com/articles/463608a https://www.nature.com/articles/463608a (full PDF is available)
by xenocratus 6y ago
I believe the article they refer to is this one: https://www.nature.com/articles/463608a https://www.nature.com/articles/463608a
(full PDF is available)
- Tokelin 6y agoAlso for anyone interested in the follow up study it's here: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0237458 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal...
- dtech 6y agoFrom the abstract: > In the United States, we have stagnating or declining real wages, a growing gap between rich and poor, overproduction of young graduates with advanced degrees, and exploding public debt Quite interesting that this article only focuses on the 3rd entry of those
- lwneal 6y agoFor further context: this Economist article [1] references a letter to the editor by Peter Turchin [2], which is itself a response to the Nature 2010 opinion article "2020 visions" [3]. [1] https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2020/10/24/can-too-many-brainy-people-be-a-dangerous-thing https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2020/10/24/c... [2] https://www.nature.com/articles/463608a.pdf https://www.nature.com/articles/463608a.pdf [3] https://www.demogr.mpg.de/publications/files/3706_1264687048_1_Demographics.pdf https://www.demogr.mpg.de/publications/files/3706_1264687048...