Population and Housing

[tomh009]

I strongly disagree that population decline of any kind is a "very bad thing". In fact, given the population on this planet, global population decline would probably be a good thing.

But it must be slow and consistent so as to not create demographic issues. And further, we need an economic system geared towards sustainability, rather than one predicated on infinite exponential growth.

A gradual decline can be fine, but given that the current declines can be quite rapid (see Korea, Japan, China for examples) they are intrinsically linked with demographics. And given that no one has found a silver bullet for increasing fertility rates, having (some) people migrate to different countries may be the only viable solution. The key is to do it in a manageable fashion, though.

P.S. A 1% annual growth rate is still exponential at 1.01^n, just not very fast.