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Eureka! No More Humans?

Dr. Andrew Mason, Professor of economics at the University of Hawaii

20-Apr-16 18:05

Eureka! No More Humans?

In year 2750, there will be no more K-pop. Well that’s the case if birth rates in South Korea stays the same until that time. There were predictions that by that year, South Koreans would go extinct. Worldwide, especially in developed countries, birth rates are falling but is this necessarily a bad thing? We get a breakdown on the numbers.


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