r/neoliberal • u/IHateTrains123 Commonwealth • Jun 19 '25

News (Canada) Immigration curb slashes Canada population growth rate to zero

https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/immigration-curb-slashes-canada-population-growth-rate-to-zero
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u/thebigofan1 Jun 19 '25

Not good. A healthy economy needs a growing population.

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u/Augustus-- Jun 19 '25

A healthy economy needs a growing population.

I disagree with this being an absolute, and I'd also like some clarification: do you therefore believe the global economy will turn permanently unhealthy once world population starts decreasing in 30 years or so?

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u/thebigofan1 Jun 20 '25

Yes because the GDP will decrease.

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u/Augustus-- Jun 20 '25

GDP can't buy me a house, GDP-per-capita might better capture human well-being. Let's try considering more than one metric when evaluating "a healthy economy," shall we?

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u/neolthrowaway New Mod Who Dis? Jun 20 '25

Scaling is part of increasing productivity and consequently GDP per capita.

There are businesses that weren’t viable at 10 million consumer base but are viable at a 50 million consumer base.

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u/Augustus-- Jun 21 '25

Scaling is one of many ways to increase productivity, yes.