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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Shrinkage Population, that is	David Roberts	27 Nov 2006	Gristmill
It's conventional wisdom that economic growth requires a growing population; thus the gnashing of teeth over shrinking numbers in, e.g., Italy. Last week, Fred Hiatt took a look at Japan, where the birthrate is down to 1.25 (2.1 is required to maintain a stable population) and the population shrank by about 21,000 last year. Somewhat surprisingly, the Japanese don't seem to be fighting the trend. Instead, they seem intent on showing that shrinking population and eco ...
Topics: green living, Italy, Japan, population (all these topics)

They're Not Kidding Anxious over declining population, Italy pays citizens to procreate		09 Feb 2005	Daily Grist
They're Not Kidding Anxious over declining population, Italy pays citizens to procreate While many environmentalists fret about overpopulation, Italians are fretting over the opposite. Despite the stereotype of its massive Catholic clans, Italy actually has one of the lowest birthrates in the world, a population set to shrink by a third by 2050, and the world's highest percentage of population aged 65 or older (18.6 percent in 2003). Th ...
Topics: Italy, population (all these topics)