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paulkienitz

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5. Japan is not the only country in this pickle, probably not even the worst off...

Reply to kristopher (Original post)

Thu May 29, 2014, 12:45 PM

May 2014

The good news is, the specter of overpopulation turns out to not be a very big worry from this point forward. Birth rates are dropping almost everywhere. The bad news is, modern capitalism seems to offer so many disincentives to having a family that only those with a strong compulsive desire for children are still motivated to reproduce, meaning that this trait is going to be selected for.

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(Japanese Daily OpEd) Japan's shrinking population forces us to reconsider how we live [View all] kristopher May 2014 OP

I'm wondering what kind of immigration laws, does Japan have? Uncle Joe May 2014 #1

Strict. kristopher May 2014 #2

the graph bananas May 2014 #3

The shrinking younger generation having to support the growing elderly population Aristus May 2014 #4

Japan is not the only country in this pickle, probably not even the worst off... paulkienitz May 2014 #5