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My understanding is that the issue with declining population is that typically that also means an aging population. Younger people are not having children which
by Taylor_OD 5y ago
My understanding is that the issue with declining population is that typically that also means an aging population. Younger people are not having children which causes a whole slew of issues.
- tbihl 5y agoWhat you've described is the best-cast scenario of an aging population. Far worse is the modern reality in most places, which is systems that take growth and a certain demographic shape as base assumptions, and then make promises to people decades in advance based on those promises. That's what we do in the United States (and probably most places, but I won't speculate.)