An Empty Planet: How Population Decline Will Reshape Society with Darrell Bricker

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This episode features a discussion with Darrell Bricker on how global population decline will impact economies, politics, and society.

Get in touch with us! We’d appreciate your feedback and comments. “The problem for the future isn’t production. It’s consumption.” - Darrell Bricker Global population decline is accelerating faster than anyone expected—and it will reshape economies, politics, and society. In this episode of It’s an Inside Job, I speak with population expert Darrell Bricker about fertility collapse, aging societies, and what leaders must understand to prepare for an “empty planet.” What happens to economies, ...

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Host: Jason Birkevold Liem

Guest: Darrell Bricker

Topics covered

• population decline
• fertility collapse
• aging societies
• economics
• politics
• society

Keywords

• population decline
• fertility collapse
• aging societies
• economics
• politics
• society
• Darrell Bricker

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