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A comment on Japan's population declines for first time since 1920s.

Re:Japan's population declines for first time since 1920s by pessimizer on Friday February 26, 2016 @07:50PM (#11185473)
That's great. Maybe a 20 year period of secular stagnation will do that for the US.

You can't simultaneously be concerned about the robots taking our jobs and a high ratio of retirees to workers.

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Re:Japan's population declines for first time since 1920s by zanny on Friday February 26, 2016 @07:56PM (#11185497)
Just because your population is shrinking does not mean automation cannot take jobs faster than the rate that the workforce shrinks.
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