No Setting Sun
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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