Ageing, depopulation, and the great fertility shift of 2100
Ageing, depopulation, and the great fertility shift of 2100
thenextwavefutures.wordpress.com The great fertility shift
Fertility rates are falling everywhere. The best explanation is that women don’t want to have so many children. But the looming economic challenges are enormous.
When the global population does decline sometime this century, it will be the first time since the Black Death, 700 years ago. But this time, it will be driven by human choice -- specifically, the choice of women globally to not have so many children.
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