UnderPopulation

Forget overpopulation, many countries are running out of young people. Now what?

Forget overpopulation, many countries are running out of young people. Now what?

Brian Cooley | CNET.Com Troy Warren for CNT Demographers are sounding the alarm that too few people will be as bad as too many. "Population problem" has always been synonymous with overpopulation, but the trendlines in many societies suggest the problem will soon be too few people, thanks to access to birth control, greater availability of education, increased affluence and women entering the workforce. Now what? "It's important to think about population decline not as necessarily good or bad. What it is is a big shift," says Damien Cave, the Sydney bureau chief for the New York Times and author…
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