Who’s afraid of declining population? Only politicians, obsessed with power and prestige

Thanks to Mike Cair for this article from New Statesman.
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Who’s afraid of declining population? Only politicians, obsessed with power and prestige. The rest of us, particularly the workers, would be better off, argues Anthony Browne

It’s been a part of the ebb and flow of human society since we raised ourselves up on our two hind legs. But now, after an almost total absence since the industrial revolution, it’s threatening to come back with a vengeance across the western world. And we don’t like it one little bit.

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