Immigration Supports Political Moderation

NYT: “<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/02/world/europe/interpreter-shrinking-populations-fuel-divisive-politics.html" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">How Shrinking Populations Fuel Divisive Politcs</a>.” I couldn’t resist this story, even though it’s in a widely read newspaper. The graphic is fascinating, projecting the change in working-age people by mid-century, demonstrating how some countries — such as the US — will have a net gain in population predominantly because of immigration + others will experience a net loss of citizens. Working-age populations will shrink in Europe, Brazil, China, Chile, Japan + Russia. “As countries get richer, people have fewer children; and it turns out that once birthrates fall, it’s really hard to get them back up again.” Tax breaks, cash bonuses + ‘even <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/14/weekinreview/14chivers.html" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">awards for heroism</a> given to women who bear many children, none of those programs have made more than a marginal difference.’ In the graphic, Australia, Canada and the United States have small green dots,  <a href="https://medium.com/@sandy.george.lawrence/immigration-supports-political-moderation-c6801adb6791">Read More</a>