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Re:Report: Young adults more likely to live with parents tha... by aketchum on Thursday October 03, 2019 @02:16PM (#21150097)
This a bad argument for several reasons. 1) Most predictions already have the population leveling off around 9-11 billion people. 2) the economy is designed for an ever expanding population. There are be very serious negative economic repercussions to stalled or negative population growth. 3) There is no moral way to enforce this, so whats the point of even bringing it up?
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Re:Report: Young adults more likely to live with parents tha... by JMTQp8lwXL on Thursday October 03, 2019 @02:26PM (#21150259)
Economic growth is scored through productivity gains, not more people.
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Re:Report: Young adults more likely to live with parents tha... by hndamien on Thursday October 03, 2019 @10:36PM (#21154346)
In fact less people may help in some cases.
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Re:Report: Young adults more likely to live with parents tha... by seph-reed on Thursday October 03, 2019 @02:18PM (#21150133)
1. So let's call it 11 billion, build for that, and no more.

2. If the economy need's growth but is going to level out at 11 billion, we should think about that now.

3. Enforcement is heavy handed, but at least admitting it would be a step in the right direction.

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