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| The West ignores low birthrates at its peril | |
| 2004-10-23 | |
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #4 China will shrink as their self-induced AIDS epidemic kicks in. Whole sections will be graveyards. Then, too, with all those one-child households, a generation from now things will be very different. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2004-10-23 11:06:53 PM |
| #3 unfortunately this is another reason the powers-that-be wink 'n nod at the illegal immigration binge. It provides future workers to maintain the SSI program, given hispanic birth rates. A Faustian bargain |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-10-23 5:30:11 PM |
| #2 Wait a sec - China needs to shrink. Massively. Of course, this may be accomplished by nature in a SARS-like sweep, if they don't get on the stick and push health education and teach people, among other things, that living with their animals is a really bad idea. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-10-23 5:28:12 PM |
| #1 It’s a decent article with a clear statement of the problem and gives a couple of simple steps to reverse the trend. It also points to Asian countries whose populations are older than Europe’s and who will face the crisis first. The Asian countries aren’t likely to use immigration to offset population decline. The Asian countries are also more willing to use government-mandated solutions. I believe the Asian countries will use four approaches: First, economic incentives for productive citizens to have more children. Two, advanced robotics applied to healthcare. Three, advanced medicine to improve the health of the aging populace (allowing the elderly to continue contributing to society). Four, cloning and artificial wombs to produce the desired population levels. I don’t believe nations such as Japan, South Korea or China will do nothing as their populations age and shrink. |
| Posted by: Anonymous5032 2004-10-23 5:20:46 PM |