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UN studies assume global population will peak around the 2080s [0]. Western countries rely on immigration induced population growth to keep their economies hea
by LAC-Tech 4y ago
UN studies assume global population will peak around the 2080s [0].
Western countries rely on immigration induced population growth to keep their economies healthy. Would it not makes sense to prepare for a future where that well has run dry?
[0] https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/sites/www.un.org.development.desa.pd/files/wpp2022_summary_of_results.pdf https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/sites/www.un.org.deve...
- junofan 4y agoNo. Global population isn’t the rate-limiting factor for US immigration.
- LAC-Tech 4y agoMaybe not yet, but it will be. The world is getting older as well. The US will find itself increasingly competing for young, working age immigrants with other western nations. People in the developing world will also have less incentive to immigrate as their nations become more and more developed (look at India - it's still a much poorer than the US, but that gap used to be a whole lot bigger).