• Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca
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        5 days ago

        With a declining population, there is no one to support an aging population.

        “The effects of a declining population can be negative. As a country’s population declines, GDP growth may grow even more slowly or decline. If that condition continues, a country would experience an economic recession. If these conditions become permanent, the country could find itself in a permanent recession.”

        “A rise in the dependency ratio which would increase the economic pressure on the workforce”

        “ crisis in end-of-life care for the elderly because there are insufficient caregivers for them”

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_decline

        • resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world
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          Japan has chronic underemployment. The increase in elderly will create jobs in healthcare. As people retire, they spend more and save less. This is Econ 101.

          As far as accounting, Japan has no problem issuing government bonds when their banks go upside down investing in overvalued real eastate. Do they have a problem issuing bonds to cover temporary gaps in their social security?

          And I hate to be the one to tell this to you, but the elderly won’t live forever. So this is a temporary “problem.”