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FT: Germany calls for more immigrants to fix its shrinking economy (archive.ph)

submitted 1 year ago by farcaster to c/economics

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Even though right-wing politicians decry immigration (because it's a populist viewpoint), they secretly or openly want more. Countries without low immigration will lag economically compared to countries with high immigration such as the US.

Original link: https://www.ft.com/content/de913edd-71d1-4a36-b897-091125596952

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[–] Brainsploosh 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But Germany has a higher percentage of immigrants (18,8 vs 15 8%) as well as immigration than the US (2,36 mn vs 1 mn, or 3% vs 0,3%)?

What a trash article

[–] farcaster 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Obviously a temporary anomaly because of Ukraine. Long term German population is expected to decline while US population is expected to continue to grow. Driven by immigration, not birth rate.

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2020/08/20/key-findings-about-u-s-immigrants/

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1127646/population-forecast-germany/

[–] Brainsploosh 3 points 1 year ago

Germanys immigration has exceeded 1 mn yearly since 2013. https://www.statista.com/statistics/894223/immigrant-numbers-germany/

It is also about a quarter to fifth of the US' size.

Also, that forecast is contradicted by the actual population numbers since: https://www.statista.com/statistics/672608/development-population-numbers-germany/

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago

Having to import cheap labor to keep up with America. I don't know why they feel the need to, they know infinite growth is not sustainable. sustainable