> > Less young people = less capital invested in homemaking, schools and
> > other activities involving the young and setting up families. A
> > decreased population may have a hard time keeping the economy afloat,
> > especially if a large percentage is retired. Robotization doesn't
> > occur magically overnight.
>
>You could be right. Or it may be that it takes less to keep a smaller
>population afloat at a high standard of living. Look at Scandinavia?
The population doesn't have to be young chronologically to be young financially (look at Sweden)