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Updated 09-Jan 25-RL
 
Summary of our meeting of December 2024, the main session led by Stuart:
 
Geopolitical implications of a falling fertility rate in developed nations
 
There are lots of videos on YouTube to watch which summarise the situation. Stuart has said these two are good and not too long for anyone wanting to get up to speed:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PImDVT8fb-I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Me2G6FJZMI&t=140s
I’ve also posted a .pdf on our site giving my own introductory take (which you may or may not agree with!)
Other links which I think are useful include:
https://www.oecd.org/en/about/news/press-releases/2024/06/declining-fertility-rates-put-prosperity-of-future-generations-at-risk.html
https://populationmatters.org/news/2024/08/fact-check-the-global-fertility-crisis-is-worse-than-you-think/
https://www.statista.com/statistics/805064/fertility-rate-worldwide/
 
After our meeting the BBC kindly gave us a follow-up article: 
"Why do the Indians, with 1.4 billion population, want more babies?"
 
In the "Quick fire" section of the meeting, there was much going on, and we discussed the fall of Assad and the Syria situation, its Sednaya Prison, what to do with a bunch of Rolls, Lamborghinis and Ferraris and the currently vacated Russian air base and Naval port.  Other news we covered includee:
  
There was no shortage of other geopolitical news in December 2024.  Here are a few links:
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