Global population decline: Why might it happen and what could be the consequences?
Global population decline: Why might it happen and what could be the consequences?
- December 20, 2023
- Wang Feng, sociology, IFL Science, Dec. 20, 2023
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Some, however, have argued that a global population decline may actually be a sign of something good happening. Wang Feng, a professor of sociology at University of California, Irvine, wrote in the New York Times that in countries with population decline, there have also been increases in education and employment, as well as more reproductive freedom and professional opportunities for women. Whilst acknowledging the potential challenges of a declining global population, Feng argues that it is an inevitability and that, rather than trying to stop or reverse it, it’s an opportunity to “embrace it and adapt.”
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