The Positive Side of the Older Populations to Come. Lincoln H. Day.
by Day, Lincoln H; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 60Family. Publisher: World Watch, 2004ISSN: 1522-3213;.Subject(s): Aging -- Economic aspects | Demographic transition | Older people -- Population | Population forecasting | Social change | Social networks | Social structureDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Birth and death rates in countries of largely European origin, as well as in Japan, are now at their lowest levels in history. If this situation continues, these countries will inevitably have much older populations and will experience declines in total numbers. That prospect has generated a host of fears: of labor shortages and wage inflation, unsustainable calls on the public purse, weakened national defenses, shortages of intellect, declines in national 'vigor,' even race suicide and the disappearance of European culture. The greatest of these fears relate to the anticipated additional financial costs...associated with older age structures." (WORLD WATCH) The author opines that "the huge change in the age structure that would come with a slowing or halting of population growth need not result in older people becoming an economically crippling burden" and that "the kinds of policies that could stimulate this change are the same ones that would produce a more ecologically viable and vital society as a whole."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: The Positive Side of the Older Populations to Come, Sept./Oct. 2004; pp. 55-57.
"Birth and death rates in countries of largely European origin, as well as in Japan, are now at their lowest levels in history. If this situation continues, these countries will inevitably have much older populations and will experience declines in total numbers. That prospect has generated a host of fears: of labor shortages and wage inflation, unsustainable calls on the public purse, weakened national defenses, shortages of intellect, declines in national 'vigor,' even race suicide and the disappearance of European culture. The greatest of these fears relate to the anticipated additional financial costs...associated with older age structures." (WORLD WATCH) The author opines that "the huge change in the age structure that would come with a slowing or halting of population growth need not result in older people becoming an economically crippling burden" and that "the kinds of policies that could stimulate this change are the same ones that would produce a more ecologically viable and vital society as a whole."
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