EPISODE · Feb 8, 2021 · 2 MIN
Population growth and economic growth
from Die ekonomie minuut · host Waldo Krugell
In yesterday's Minute, I explained how investment in fixed capital decreased, and then declined sharply in 2020. It is an important driver of economic growth that has been too low over the past ten years. Last week there was a news report with a strange and wrong solution for growth and job creation, namely that the population growth rate should be reduced. The advice comes from a report by the Inclusive Society Institute, but it's the kind of thing one also occasionally hears around a fire. I would like to bust the myth.
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In yesterday's Minute, I explained how investment in fixed capital decreased, and then declined sharply in 2020. It is an important driver of economic growth that has been too low over the past ten years. Last week there was a news report with a strange and wrong solution for growth and job creation, namely that the population growth rate should be reduced. The advice comes from a report by the Inclusive Society Institute, but it's the kind of thing one also occasionally hears around a fire. I would like to bust the myth.
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