Peace Without Poison

Greece joined the Global Depopulation Policy in 1948 and the total fertility rate decreased from3 children per woman prior to 1948 to replacement level fertility by 1981 and a lowest lowfertility of 1.25 in 2001. Greece has had sub-replacement level fertility since 1983 and lowestlow fertility (i.e. under 1.5 children per woman) since 1987. This has resulted in a decliningpopulation since 1996 and in major economic problems. A declining population means ashrinking economy. Moreover, an aged population – which is a consequence of an engineereddemographic transition – means shrinking consumption and that accelerates the economiccollapse. The median age of Greece is a whopping 42.5 years. No country with such an agedpopulation could possibly have a vibrant economy. What it has is a terrible age dependencyburden of 50%.Greece will be going nowhere but downhill until such time as it has completed its demographictransition, reached its optimal population level and climbed back up to replacement levelfertility.302 | P a g e