The nation gets smaller and older. There will not even be enough people to take care of the elderly, much less to pay their pension. And limited or no workers.
Populations have a very big inertia, that cannot be altered. If too few babies are born this year and in subsequent years, It affects the purchase of children's products. But in 20 years and thereafter, too few employees are entering the workforce to accomplish what needs to be done to run society. There will be a 20 year "train" of inadequate workforce, and nothing can correct this lag for another 20 years. But low birth rates are not starting just this year. In many countries they have been the norm for decades.
There seems to be a "cushion" of unemployment in many places. Put those people to work. That is probably not evidence of extra people, but just economic recession in the western world.
The only "spare bodies" come from totally different cultures, with low education that is tuned to western needs. Even their birth rates may be falling.
Populations have a very big inertia, that cannot be altered. If too few babies are born this year and in subsequent years, It affects the purchase of children's products. But in 20 years and thereafter, too few employees are entering the workforce to accomplish what needs to be done to run society. There will be a 20 year "train" of inadequate workforce, and nothing can correct this lag for another 20 years. But low birth rates are not starting just this year. In many countries they have been the norm for decades.
There seems to be a "cushion" of unemployment in many places. Put those people to work. That is probably not evidence of extra people, but just economic recession in the western world.
The only "spare bodies" come from totally different cultures, with low education that is tuned to western needs. Even their birth rates may be falling.
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