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Why Is The Population Collapsing? Will Economy Survive? Economist Melissa Kearney Answers

2024/7/28
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Melissa Kearney, Professor of Economics at the University of Maryland, discusses the global trend of lower fertility rates, and its economic and societal impacts.

*This video was recorded on July 12, 2024

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0:00) - Intro 1:03) - Fertility rate trend 4:48) - Impact on economic growth 6:58) - Retirement age 10:00) - Malthusian prediction 12:11) - Fertility vs. per capita growth 14:00) - Fertility incentives 16:33) - Household formation 18:28) - Global fertility trends 20:05) - Marriage and income 24:55) - Media influence 27:15) - AI and innovation 31:06) - Happiness vs. fertility rate 34:00) - Divorce vs. income 35:40) - Sectors affected 37:00) - Solutions to shrinking population 39:30) - Immigration 40:55) - Two-parent privilege

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