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No Setting Sun

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John Berthelsen
Oct 04, 2006
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It has long been an article of faith among economists and government planners that a declining population means an eventual decline in the prestige, power and influence of a nation. From Singapore to most of Eastern Europe to Russia, worried government planners have for decades been involved in attempts to turn around their shrinking birth rates. Russi…

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