As marriage rates plummet and people postpone reproduction in a virus-plagued world, some nations’ populations will shrink and fall precipitously below “replacement level,” the authors write. These birthrate drops, in turn, can have cascading social and economic consequences, affecting job opportunities, straining the ability of countries to provide a safety net for their aging populations and potentially leading to global economic contraction.…
Economic growth is correlated with population growth.
SciTEchDailyScientists Predict Birthrates, Marriage, Gender Roles Will Change Dramatically in Post-Pandemic World
University of California - Los Angeles
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To paraphrase Mike Norman, it's gonna be a blast.
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