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Recently the Wall Street Journal and USA Today carried articles reporting on the work of Jonathan Last, a journalist who fears that the declining U.S. birth rate will lead to our country’s economic decline. Today, we have 4 workers to support every retired person. By 2030, Last calculates that this will drop to 2.5—an economic burden that will sap the nation of its economic vitality. [Read more…] about Will more people really improve the environment?