Bias in favor of population growth is the fatal flaw of almost all mainstream economics. Theories need to be adjusted for the downsides.
Population growth is the easy way to GDP growth, higher land and capital prices, higher revenues, and lower labor costs. At what cost?
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Of course the owners of land and businesses and the government want population growth. Coincidentally, so do economists.
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The easiest way to population growth is immigration, especially if your own people refuse to breed. So economists favor immigration.
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some downsides of population growth: more crowding, fewer natural resources per person, closer to Malthusian ceiling
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Of course, economists also believe that it doesn't really matter who comprises the population growth. Immigrants and native births are equal
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