Short of Workers and Consumers, China Abandons One-Child Policy

Huh? How can you be "short" workers with 1.5 billion people? Last I heard China has as many children as the entire US population

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...ee-decade-old-one-child-policy-to-lift-growth

 

It is probably the ratio of old to young that matters, not absolute numbers. China has to sustain a population of 1.5B people or grow it. Scary.

 

Do they still teach Latin in school?

 

sooooo...

Any small cap stocks in Hong Kong gonna get hyperbola'd tonight as a result?

 

That's an interesting question. But isn't the obvious choice anything to do with reproductive science? How about the chinese P&G?

 

That's an interesting non-answer

 

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We need the Chinese equivalent of Harry Dent to tell us where to invest. Or maybe we can live without him. Good inference on the P&G. Diapers yes. Who sells infant formula there? Nestle? Or the like. Is there a ToysrUs? It seems like a strong anomaly on the face of it. But I think we need one more piece of info--will it bring a higher birthrate? Most economies which go from agrarian to industrial suffer big declines in birthrate. It also makes me wonder whether all the pollution is catching up to them.--Swimr