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Not worried because the bigger problem will be population decline, once the boomers start dying on mass. The US will be more like Japan. You won't be able to im
by dukeofdoom 4y ago
Not worried because the bigger problem will be population decline, once the boomers start dying on mass. The US will be more like Japan. You won't be able to import enough immigrants to offset this, since the lowering standards of living in the US is increasing to trend to the world average. Less people, less agricultural land needed. Too many people are having abortions, or choosing to not to have kids, and not enough kids are born to replace the dying.
- onlyrealcuzzo 4y agoIn 2019 there were 3,747,540 natural births in the US. There were 2,854,838 natural deaths. There were 31% more births than deaths. The natural population growth isn't declining yet. And even if it was - as long productivity increases - that's all that really matters. Population can decrease like in Japan while GDP increases due to productivity growth. Population growth != better living standards. See the Malthusian Trap that was the popular way of thinking prior to the industrial revolution. Population kept increases - yet people just kept getting more miserable lives.
- beiller 4y agoMay I ask what is a natural death? The numbers given don't align with other metrics I was able to look up like the "fertility rate" which is 1.70 births per woman (2019) making the growth negative (you need >2.0 right?)