![]() ![]() ![]() The first thing the visitor heard as he approached the cab rank outside the airport was a lively discussion in Arabic, which brought him up short. In the chapter* excerpted here, they describe how their own country (Canada) is using carefully planned immigration to build a prosperous and diverse society even as it offsets the social stagnation and economic drag created by the rapid aging of the native-born. Actually, that future is more than hypothetical. As important, they convincingly outline a future in which a combination of technological change and international migration could turn the proverbial lemons into lemonade. ![]() In Empty Planet: The Shock of Global Population Decline, political scientist Darrell Bricker and journalist John Ibbitson explain why it’s happening - and why so many talking heads blew the forecast. Indeed, the clear and present danger for most of the world is an abrupt transition to a shrinking population that leaves too few young people to support too many elderly. While there are good reasons to worry about the future, global population growth isn’t in the top 100. Well, “everybody” is 20 years out of date. Everybody knows that Planet Earth is facing a Malthusian population bomb that will leave most of us with dire prospects. ![]()
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