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Korea's Birthrate Hits Another Record Low
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I am not an expert, but it seems like most developed countries are learning to deal with a shrinking population. The current decline hasn't had effects like loosening up the job market, so it seems to me this means it's not currently causing any problems that would be catastrophic. There's clearly enough workers for the work that needs to get done.
I think there's not yet been a article of all the 'doom and gloom' of population decline that actually explains why it's worse than overpopulation.
Because the problems come years after the birthrate decline when a large portion of your population is retired and you don’t have enough young workers to fill the roles they typically fill
This is a myth. Immigration guarantees that you'll ALWAYS have workers to fill whatever roles you need filled.
I can't tell if you are sarcastic or serious. Population growth is slowing globally so it's not like there is an infinite supply of young people.
There doesn't need to be an infinite supply... of any age group.
This is simply a course correction for what's been an unsustainable pace of population growth worldwide in the last 100 years.