Taiwan not far behind, but with a smaller population to start with.<p>Domestic policy seems to be hard to fix since it requires a massive cultural shift that may take a generation and requires big changes in the economic structure (income, employment law, child care capacity, etc.) that are going to have push back from corporations.<p>Immigration is also a bit of a challenge as SK, Japan, and Taiwan are all a bit xenophobic to extents and of course, the languages are not easy to gain proficiency.<p>I also think that this generation of people just think differently on matters of child rearing and what it means in life. (East Asian elder millennial w/2 kids). Even if money were no issue, I wouldn't want more kids.<p>Will be an interesting couple of decades.
>2060...economic collapse...will poverty among the elderly be common, but a big chunk will be forced to work...<p>This seems to pretty much ignore AI and robots which will be able to do all/most of the work way before 2060. Probably before 2040.<p>Maybe the future is more AI/human uploads and less bio models.
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