Decline of la dolce vita

http://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(10)01149-8

Summary – This article is about how population growth in Europe is expected to shrink (without immigration), as opposed to the views of many people, who think human population growth is out of control. The article focuses primarily on Italy, where fertility rates are 1.3 births per woman. These numbers are worse in Bologna, where fertility rates are less than 1 birth per woman. The article also gives a prediction that by 2050, most Italians will have no brothers, sisters, cousins, aunts, or uncles. The article concludes that China is reviewing its “one child” rule, but that “any change could have global consequences.”

Opinion – I think that this is a little sad that there will so few children and most of the population will be old in later years. Also, when someone thinks of Italians, they think of big families with lots of reunions and feasts. But this could drastically change in later years, the way the population growth is going. The article also stated that the more religious countries have lower populations, which I think is understandable because then most people will wait until marriage to have children. This is my opinion on the article.