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• Studio: Ignatius Press
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001CGD1P2
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Demographic Winter DVD by Rick Stout A ground breaking film that will change the way you think about economics and children. This video draws upon voices from all around the world and experts from many different disciplines - demographers, economists, sociologists, psychologists, civic and religious leaders, parliamentarians and diplomats. Together, they reveal in chilling soberness the dangers facing society and the world's economies, dangers far more imminent than global warming and at least as severe. (2008, 54min.)

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33 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A truly enlightening look at world population!!!, January 8, 2009

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This review is from: Demographic Winter (DVD)

DVD: Demographic Winter

The premise of this documentary is that population in the civilized world is in decline. Population is expanding because were getting older (not dying) not because of births. This of course is going to bite us on our rear end. Why? Here are some points the documentary to illustrate this:


1. Japans economy fell as their population aged. The older people retired and didn't spend as much. Consumer spending drives an economy.

2. Europe is having serious population depletion right now. There are countries giving out subsidies to encourage people to breed. It's a huge problem.

3. Russia's population is declining by 700,000 a year and they too are encouraging people to breed.

4. The least populated areas of the world are the ones that are some of the least environmentally friendly.

5. The world economy will be drastically impacted by western population decline. Where China and other countries will be impacted at first they will have the population to recover. We won't.

6. The baby boomers are going to retire soon. Then you will have more people collecting benefits like social security and medicare then supporting it (a reverse pyramid). This will crush our economy... So you can look forward to: 1. Increase of age limits to retire, 2. increase taxes on those still working, 3. a decrease in benefits...

7. One of the biggest problems is the destruction of the family. Our children are being raised in broken homes. I can't begin to do this part of the movie justice. You really have to see it to appreciate it. In the end this is about the world we are leaving our children. Many movements (environmental, exc.) have stated increasing population as one of the evils of the world (and against their movement). This documentary (if looked at honestly) will challenge many of these assumptions and force them to come up with a more honest platform. It's not that some of these issues are not real; it's just that the resources are being misused to blame things that are in truth NOT THE PROBLEM... Without young people new technology won't be made, new ideas won't be as plentifull. These are serious issues one should take a look at. Please watch this documentary. You may not agree with them but it will challenge some of your beliefs.

Lastly, do watch all the way through the ending credits. There's a little something at the end.

12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Frightening but true, July 31, 2009

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A. Daniels (Seattle) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Demographic Winter (DVD)

I highly recommend this documentary. As the demographers interviewed mention, there is little quibble over the numbers. Current birth rates are below the replacement levels in 70 countries now. There is a great need for awareness of the truth on this issue. Countries like Russia and Latvia are facing extinction, and it is on the forefront of their political minds. However, in the US we are still blissfully unaware of our coming troubles. As Adam Smith said, population growth leads to economic prosperity. Population decline leads to depression.

As a side note, the demographers interviewed are not coming from a faith-based perspective in many cases. Several mentioned that they are members of secular progressive organizations or have a Darwin/Malthus based approach to understanding human behavior. This is why the fact that people are not reproducing is so surprising in light of the evolutionary theory that all life forms are driven to reproduce themselves to the limit of their resources.

The sequel to this documentary, Population Bomb, has also just been released. I hope Amazon carries it as well.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The truth hurts, July 7, 2011

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Veritas (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Demographic Winter (DVD)

This 58 minute video is about the worldwide decline of the human family. It is a documentary that uses interviews from a variety of economists, demographers, sociologists, psychologists and political figures. They all agree that there are some rather chilling dangers facing society and the world's economies based on the fact that most countries in the world are failing to reproduce at a replacement rate. They account for the result by pointing to decades of abortion, homosexuality, feminism, high rates of divorce, people living together outside of marriage and bad government policy. And, interestingly, they didn't interview Christians for this documentary.