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Isn't their current economy significantly smaller than their current population, the same problem the USA has, but worse? In that case they can either suffer e
by VLM 12y ago
Isn't their current economy significantly smaller than their current population, the same problem the USA has, but worse? In that case they can either suffer eternally, shrink their population to match their economy, or expand their economy. Apparently #1 is unappealing, they're carrying out #2, and #3 has proven impossible for the past couple decades.
One way to report on the future is to make a "questioning" article that asks what will happen if ... and carefully point out there is no answer. So, much like CO2 emission, this isn't a "if" or "unless" story, this is the inevitable future. Best start thinking about how to handle the Japanese bond defaults, because they're coming. Other than that, there appear to be no real problems at a worldwide scale.
- john_b 12y ago> "Isn't their current economy significantly smaller than their current population" I'm not sure what you mean. These are apples and oranges you are comparing here.
- VLM 12y agoSupply and demand. Much like the various ecological simulations of predator/prey or food/consumer. So if you have an economy that only has space for 90M people as participants yet have 100M population, you've got a very big problem. Immigration, starvation, revolution, they'll find something to do. Or if they're mellow they'll just sit out the supposed societal mandates, after all, what else could they do?