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Episode 42 - Declining Birth Rates

Breaking Down: Collapse

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Are We Getting More Young People Than Old People?

People say that in order for us to prevent collapse, we have to stop consuming as much as we are. But decreasing our population is "the definition of collapse," says Julian Zelizer. It would have economic and financial repercussions that would lead to collapse anyway. The only thing we've ever really known as a pyramid has always been more young people than old people.

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