May 19, 2021

Population growth is shrinking. What’s to be done?

Embracing technology during the pandemic could help, says Chris Farrell. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images

Also, vaccinated travelers could be welcome in Europe. Susan Schmidt talks inflation with us.

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How serious is our declining population growth problem?

by David Brancaccio , Chris Farrell and Daniel Shin

May 19, 2021

The implications of a shrinking population on our economic growth are potentially big, but Marketplace senior economic contributor Chris Farrell thinks there's some solutions to tap.

Embracing technology during the pandemic could help, says Chris Farrell.

Bill Pugliano/Getty Images

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