September, 2022
The only solution for democracies with declining working age populations to ensure GDP growth over the long run is skilled immigration. Without increasing levels of human productivity, any country with a declining young population is a sitting duck for declining GDP growth and ultimately absolute GDP. Immigration is the easiest solution.
Millennials and Gen Z won't have enough kids to sustain America's population—and it's up to immigrants to make up the baby shortfall
Immigrants will make up for the lag in new births in the U.S. in the coming decades, a recent government report predicts.
fortune.com
The US is leaving tons of economic growth on the table by having such a lousy skilled immigration policy.