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I agree that Australia's economy is propped up by continued ion growth, a giant pyramid scheme if you'll excuse the hyperbole. However Australia has such a la
by zizee 5y ago
I agree that Australia's economy is propped up by continued
ion growth, a giant pyramid scheme if you'll excuse the hyperbole.
However Australia has such a large amount of land, and such a small population that forecasted worldwide population drop won't affect Australia so much. It's such a desirable place to live that immigration at the current rates will be sustainable regardless of the rest of the world's population growth rate. Whether or not our cities can keep up with the growth and maintain their high levels of livability is another question.
I'd also question your statement about population drop on the next 15-20 years. All forecasts I have seen are that the world's population will continue to grow until the end of the century. If the world's population were set to start shrinking in such a short timeframe, I'd think it would be a huge talking point in any discussion about sustainability and global warming.
- ComputerGuru 5y ago15-20 to start feeling it in the most developed nations, end of the century worldwide. Immigration can stall the former but current policies are not promising. Germany will sing songs of praise in Merkel’s name.
- zizee 5y agoWell the sooner countries can start to transition to an economy that is not reliant on perpetual population growth the better. I am always amazed at news reports from Japan about how the sky is falling because their population is shrinking. For some reason no one ever says "on the plus side, Japan is one of the most densely populated places on the planet, a slow decrease in population will help improve quality of life measures and sustainability".
- fomine3 5y agoIn other words, aging society is the problem, and shrinking makes the problem much worse. Fixing the problem in ethical way is difficult.