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Jan 21, 2024 0:21:04 GMT
Post by The Herald Erjen on Jan 21, 2024 0:21:04 GMT
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Post by phludowin on Jan 21, 2024 0:21:38 GMT
Which is not a problem of population numbers, but rather a problem of an economy that relies on growth. No problem. A little more Communism will fix that, right? You are free to believe that. I don't.
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Post by general313 on Jan 21, 2024 0:34:00 GMT
Very good in the long term, but problematic in the short term, in particular for retirement/pension funding. Which is not a problem of population numbers, but rather a problem of an economy that relies on growth. Well, it's a problem of population number change. Total world population isn't negative yet, but it's expected to be later this century. Retirement funding and talk about increasing retirement age is happening in many countries these days. Off the top of my head I recall the US, France, China, South Korea, Japan, and Italy are on the list. Probably Germany too. I've read that the US and Germany are less affected because immigration partially offsets the low birth rate, making the aged population imbalance less severe. I believe most of these countries use a pay-as-you-go system for funding retirement, depending on some form of income tax on working people. I don't think there are good solutions for the imbalance other than increasing taxation on workers and/or scaling back benefits on retirees.
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