[lnanek2]

Well and people are making them locally in their villages and colleges instead of buying international, and mostly women at that. I know American cities that are always struggling to keep mom and pop shops alive vs. the big boxes. Meanwhile everyone says Japan's only hope to keep their labor pool growing against their greying population is to start getting women involved. So he pulled off something America and Japan are struggling with.

[thaumasiotes]

> Meanwhile everyone says Japan's only hope to keep their labor pool growing against their greying population is to start getting women involved.

I was under the impression that as women join the workforce their fertility plummets. This seems incredibly counterproductive if the problem is a "greying population"?

[cubancigar11]

I heard it was education that correlated negatively with fertility. Although education and careerism go hand in hand, I think the difference is still huge.

[thaumasiotes]

Education definitely does severely inhibit fertility. I think both have independent effects, but I have no numbers to hand so I could be off.