Comments on: Ageing Populations. http://www.mikedidonato.com/2009/06/30/ageing-populations/ Rock and Stuff. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:48:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Jesse http://www.mikedidonato.com/2009/06/30/ageing-populations/comment-page-1/#comment-96550 Jesse Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:00:06 +0000 http://www.mikedidonato.com/2009/06/30/ageing-populations/#comment-96550 A global economy that defines prosperity as continuous growth is unsustainable, yet we fight so hard to keep it growing. I understand that supporting an aging population will require fundamental shifts in policy, thinking and expectations, but somehow fail to see it as a bad thing that the world population is stabilizing. I suspect that the burdens of global overcrowding as we approach 9 billion in 2050 will somehow overshadow health care cost crises in developed nations. Just a guess. Although, if you don't concern yourself with the billions starving now, then you may not agree. A global economy that defines prosperity as continuous growth is unsustainable, yet we fight so hard to keep it growing. I understand that supporting an aging population will require fundamental shifts in policy, thinking and expectations, but somehow fail to see it as a bad thing that the world population is stabilizing.

I suspect that the burdens of global overcrowding as we approach 9 billion in 2050 will somehow overshadow health care cost crises in developed nations. Just a guess. Although, if you don’t concern yourself with the billions starving now, then you may not agree.

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