Re:Vatican Economist: Recession caused by low birth rate
by gjm11 on Thursday February 11, 2010 @03:30PM
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So, this person apparently thinks that the way to keep the economy healthy is for the population to keep growing without limit.
I fail to see why an unsustainable population bubble should be any better than an unsustainable housing / tech-stocks / tulip / South Sea bubble.
(Perhaps he believes that a population bubble would not be unsustainable because in the not-very-distant future God will step in and call a halt? Such predictions have been commonplace for a long time and their track record is not very good.)
Re:Vatican Economist: Recession caused by low birth rate
by gjm11 on Thursday February 11, 2010 @08:56PM
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No, but I do think that it can't continue for ever. At least, not without a bunch of technological advances that don't show any sign of being about to turn up.
I fail to see why an unsustainable population bubble should be any better than an unsustainable housing / tech-stocks / tulip / South Sea bubble.
(Perhaps he believes that a population bubble would not be unsustainable because in the not-very-distant future God will step in and call a halt? Such predictions have been commonplace for a long time and their track record is not very good.)