Birth-Dearth Economic Fears Unfounded
The Technology Connection John Seager From: john@populationconnection To: Mark M Giese Wed, Jul 15 2026 at 1:42 PM DONATE Hi Mark, I wanted to share my latest column with you. As always, I welcome your thoughts and comments—you can reach me at john@popconnect.org . Thanks, John The Technology Connection One of the most useful things I learned after taking macroeconomics in college was that I would never be an economist. That is not the case with MIT’s Daron Acemoglu – who was awarded the Nobel Prize in economics in 2024. He co-authored a just-released research paper, Baby Busts and Growth Booms: Demographic Change and the Macroeconomy , which found that “lower birth rates are associated with higher growth in GDP per working-age adult across countries and higher wage growth across US commuting zones, with no negative impact on aggregate GDP or earnings.” That’s right. This study found that lower birth rates have no negative impact on aggregate GDP or earning...
