Macro Pods
MAR 9, 2026Mercatus Center at George Mason University
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Accelerating demographic decline Global fertility rates are falling significantly faster than previous models projected, driven by structural shifts in urbanization and female educational attainment.
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Housing as a demographic barrier High real estate costs in productive urban centers act as a direct tax on family formation, necessitating supply-side interventions to combat population stagnation.
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AI as a labor hedge Artificial Intelligence and the potential for AGI represent the primary technological hope for sustaining economic growth in the face of a shrinking global workforce.