On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 09:43:27AM +0530, ss wrote: > Seem like a good proposition alright. no dispute on that. But nobody knows > for > sure. The first effects of falling birh rates will probably become visible > within my lifetime - some of these effects are coming up already.
It's the sudden change in the birth rate that hurts. China may pull a Japan. How well is India doing? > Falling birth rates in Europe for instance could be good for Indians - who > have a huge percentage of young people. The "bulge" in demographics of the > elderly in Euope could be looked after by young nursing care recruits and The Japanese are betting on robots, which will probably fail. > service people from India or African/Arab countries who have young people in I'm not sure there will be enough money. There might well be better opportunities at home after the smoke clears. > surplus. No [roblem for them. teh problem is only for the Ram Sene > equivalents in Europe who wll see thei culture disappearing. Whether that is Xenophobia will be a problem. > a problem or not depends on whoch viewpoint you choose to take. -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org";>leitl</a> http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE
