Online Meeting with The Honourable Chris Schacht - “Populate or Perish” or is it more about an “Empty Planet”

 Online Meeting with The Honourable Chris Schacht - “Populate or Perish” or is it more about an “Empty Planet”

 The Honourable Chris Schacht returns to present an interesting perspective and proposition on the world population and what may be likely to occur in the future.

Traditionally, the world revolves around a market driven economy; based on demand, driven by population growth.

We are told that we need more inbound migration, we need more people.

However, a book written by an award-winning journalist and leading international social researcher, makes the provocative argument that the global population will soon begin to decline, dramatically reshaping the social, political, and economic landscape

For half a century, statisticians, pundits, and politicians have warned that a burgeoning population will soon overwhelm the earth’s resources.

But a growing number of experts are sounding a different alarm. Rather than continuing to increase exponentially, they argue, the global population is headed for a steep decline—and in many countries, that decline has already begun.

The book, Empty Planet, by John Ibbitson and Darrell Bricker finds that a smaller global population will bring with it many benefits: fewer workers will command higher wages; the environment will improve; the risk of famine will wane; and falling birth rates in the developing world will bring greater affluence and autonomy for women.

But enormous disruption lies ahead, too. We can already see the effects in Europe and parts of Asia, as aging populations and worker shortages weaken the economy and impose crippling demands on healthcare and social security. The United States and Canada are well-positioned to successfully navigate these coming demographic shifts–that is, unless growing isolationism leads us to closing themselves off,  just as openness becomes more critical to future survival than ever.

Chris adds his own research and discovery to this rigorously researched and deeply compelling book, which offers a vision of a future that we can no longer prevent, but one that we can shape, if we choose.

This will be a most interesting meeting and one to consider thoughtfully in current times.

Join us at 1pm by going to the following link…

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