h/t Instapundit
Germany's economy dominates the EU, but if demography is destiny--and it is--then, Ambrose Evans-Pritchard argues in the Telegraph, Germany is doomed. I had not realized that the numbers are so grim:
Germany's birth rate has collapsed to the lowest level in the world and its workforce will start plunging at a faster rate than Japan's by the early 2020s, seriously threatening the long-term viability of Europe's leading economy. ...
The German government expects the population to shrink from 81m to 67m by 2060...
And that despite the Turks
....and Russian immigrants. |