https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2019 ... ket-newtab
"Stable population"? Good grief... another three billion in the next 80 years?! This is what I mean-- artificial intelligence. Religious belief . . . Note the tagline tenet-- "vital for the world economy"... Yes, the American Way/Slash/Dream gone global... Endless Corporate-based Expansionism. (It doesn't know any other way.) To keep it all going and expanding, women must manufacture enough consumer units... WTH.At least two children per woman—that’s what’s needed to ensure a stable population from generation to generation. In the 1960s, the fertility rate was five live births per woman. By 2017 it had fallen to 2.43, close to that critical threshold.
Population growth is vital for the world economy. It means more workers to build homes and produce goods, more consumers to buy things and spark innovation, and more citizens to pay taxes and attract trade. While the world is expected to add more than 3 billion people by 2100...