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When push comes to shove, developed countries without enough workers will open up immigration and open their wallets.
by kube-system 3y ago
When push comes to shove, developed countries without enough workers will open up immigration and open their wallets.
- kredd 3y agoBut when every country (we are going towards it right now) is going below replacement birth rates, what is the solution then? It's just hard to imagine how the society and infrastructure would function when any countries median age is around 50s/60s, making it physically unfit for a significant amount of mission-critical jobs.
- ponector 3y agoThat will be a problem only for poor countries with old people. Rich countries could easily import people from all over the world.
- kube-system 3y agoThe solution is still what I said above: spend money and change policies. Birth rates can be changed given the political and economic will to do so. If things really become bad, people will demand it.
- missedthecue 3y agoVery few countries have positive birth rates anymore. Literally all of South East Asia was below replacement in terms of birth rates in 2022. All of Latin America was below replacement in 2022. For the first time, there are countries in Africa that have now fallen below replacement.
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