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by Arnt 891 days ago
https://nitter.net/BergAslak/status/1734930925501251721#m might interest you, or its longer form at https://www.cer.eu/insights/why-europe-should-not-worry-abou...

It's not clear to me that any course correction is needed, or wanted. For example, note https://nitter.net/BergAslak/status/1734931295422022042#m — Americans demongraphics changed later than in Europe, which means that compared to Europe, the US now has a bulge of childless young couples. That causes a GDP boost, but does it mean anything nontrivial? I think not. It doesn't mean that the childless couples are better/worse off than they could've been, it doesn't mean that the couples with children are better/worse than they could've been. GDP/growth reflects a a sum of lots of things, and the difference reflects a change in the composition of the parts that are added.