JOHN IBBITSON is writer at large for the Globe and Mail, Canada's. & full of fascinating trivia (like John Snow, the father of epidemiology). DARRELL BRICKER is chief executive officer of Ipsos Public Affairs, the world's leading social and opinion research firm. PS- Part 1 (a brief history of population) is the quickest ever recap of key events in the past 50,000 yrs. Kp boken Empty Planet: The Shock of Global Population Decline av Darrell Bricker, John Ibbitson.

Hence the US has a massive advantage & the 21st century may be another American century.

are xenophobic nations where immigration is almost unknown. Solution? You can’t “encourage” people to procreate on a long-term basis. Fewer youngsters mean fewer taxpayers (who’ll fund pensions?), fewer home buyers (falling home prices) & fewer consumers (collapse in GDP growth). The global pop may peak at 8.5 bln (& not 11 bln as per the UN).īut less humans is NOT good news.

The stunning discovery? Birth rates are falling fast irrespective of region thx to rapid urbanization (children are more productive on a farm!), declining religiosity, rising cost of childcare & living & Women’s education & empowerment. The authors dive deep into the current & future trends of some population hotspots- India, China, Russia, Japan, Brazil & sub-Saharan Africa. Following his 40 minute talk, Bricker answered questions from the audience. Darrell Bricker and John Ibbitson, The Big Shift: The Seismic Change in Canadian Politics, Business, and Culture, and What It Means for Our Future (Toronto. I half expected this to be an essay by fear mongers, but I was blown away by how rigorously researched & compelling this book was. Bricker and John Ibbitson are the authors of Empty Planet: The Shock of Global Population Decline.

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