Why China's Population Is About to Plunge

Stephanomics

• Episode: Why China's Population Is About to Plunge
• Website: Stephanomics
• Feed URL: http://feeds.bloomberg.fm/BLM8939407484
• Duration: 00:16:37
• Published: 2018-07-05 10:00

Is a trade war or surging debt the biggest threat to China's economy? Try declining fertility. While the nation recently relaxed its one-child policy, such moves are unlikely to head off a projected plunge in population that will constrain the country in coming decades. In the second of a two-part episode on falling global fertility, Scott Lanman talks with Cai Yong, an expert in Chinese demographics at the University of North Carolina, about the challenges facing the world's second-biggest economy. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com