Bienvenidos a la ca???da de la poblaci???n mundial. Durante medio siglo, muchos estadistas, pol???ticos, analistas y estudiosos han alertado sobre una explosi???n demogr???fica que pondr??? en jaque los recursos del planeta. Sin embargo, un creciente n???mero de expertos tiene en el punto de mira otro motivo de alarma: en lugar de aumentar exponencialmente, la poblaci???n mundial se encamina hacia un fuerte descenso que ya es evidente en muchos lugares. En El planeta vac???o , los autores revelan c???mo esta ca???da de ...
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Bienvenidos a la ca???da de la poblaci???n mundial. Durante medio siglo, muchos estadistas, pol???ticos, analistas y estudiosos han alertado sobre una explosi???n demogr???fica que pondr??? en jaque los recursos del planeta. Sin embargo, un creciente n???mero de expertos tiene en el punto de mira otro motivo de alarma: en lugar de aumentar exponencialmente, la poblaci???n mundial se encamina hacia un fuerte descenso que ya es evidente en muchos lugares. En El planeta vac???o , los autores revelan c???mo esta ca???da de la poblaci???n traer??? consigo distintos beneficios: el riesgo de hambrunas disminuir???, la situaci???n medioambiental mejorar???, menos trabajadores exigir???n mejores salarios y unas tasas de natalidad m???s bajas representar???n mayores ingresos y autonom???a para las mujeres. Pero no todo son buenas noticias. Ya podemos ver los efectos del envejecimiento de la poblaci???n en Europa y algunos puntos de Asia, y c???mo la escasez de trabajadores debilita la econom???a e impone unas exigencias desmesuradas en el campo de la salud p???blica. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION An award-winning journalist and leading international social researcher make 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. In Empty Planet , John Ibbitson and Darrell Bricker find 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 birthrates 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 close ourselves off just as openness becomes more critical to our survival than ever. Rigorously researched and deeply compelling, Empty Planet offers a vision of a future that we can no longer prevent--but one that we can shape, if we choose.
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