The Underpopulation Crisis
Building Tomorrow
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Immigrants, It Buys Us Time
The U.S. will need every advantage we can get come 20 or 30 years from now when the rest of the developed world wakes up to the underpopulation crunch, writes Julian Zelizer. Countries are going to be desperately bidding against each other for immigrants, offering all kinds of bonuses and benefits," says Zelizer. There is a growing pro-natalist movement that wants to use government subsidies to encourage families to have more babies, he adds.
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