Dr Benno Blaschke: House prices are the new birth control

The Economist, not known for hysteria, has quietly announced that advanced economies are halving their populations every generation. A demographic magic trick. Now you see your grandchildren, now you don’t.

Naturally, everyone blames “fertility.” As though biology suddenly went on strike sometime around 1992.

Dieuwe de Boer: Are We Ready For Population Decline?

Allow me to stay on the theme of demographics for another week. This has been on my mind as I will be taking a break from writing as I will be on holiday for a month visiting Japan and Korea which are dealing with this scenario: low birthrates and a declining population.

New Zealand faces the same situation, but we have replaced the second ingredient with a more dangerous one: mass migration.