http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/alastair_bonnett en http://www.newstatesman.com/global-issues/2009/03/world-population-planet http://www.newstatesman.com/global-issues/2009/03/world-population-planet Thu, 05 Mar 2009 10:49:45 GMT Alastair Bonnett It’s not so much about how many of us there are on the planet, but how we consume, and how we cope with an ageing population

]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/asia/2009/03/japan-population-growth http://www.newstatesman.com/asia/2009/03/japan-population-growth Thu, 05 Mar 2009 10:49:45 GMT Alastair Bonnett Japan's rapidly falling population has sparked an anguished debate: should the country open itself up to an influx of immigrant labour or seal its borders and adapt to a new model of economic growth?

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