[See Sunday] What's behind the US baby bust? Americans are prioritizing careers and leisure activities over having a family... as experts say this has set the US on an irreversible path to economic destruction
- America's fertility rate dropped to 1.6 in 2020, continuing to fall below the replacement rate of 2.1
- Experts say financial issues are not the main cause, instead an attitude change in the western world is at fault
- They warn that population decline could have severe negative economic effects and crash social security
China’s population shrinks for the first time in six decades and projections say it could HALF by 2100 – with India set to overtake as world’s biggest in April
Posted by: Skidmark 2023-01-18 |