How Declining Birth Rates Hurt Global Economies

from National Public Radio

Around the world, there are more aging people and fewer young people to take care of them. A new study about the trend suggests this demographic shift could drag down the global economy. The report is called "The Sustainable Demographic Dividend." Co-author Phillip Longman, a senior research fellow with the New America Foundation, talks to Lynn Neary about the study.

Broadcast Dates

• Morning Edition, October 3, 2011