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 Stories About: green living AND Italy AND Japan AND population
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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 ... |
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| Topics: green living, Italy, Japan, population (all these topics) |
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