The major capitalist economies of Europe and North America have been experiencing low rates of economic growth and population increase. Japan has been in that position since the 1990s, and its experience offers some important clues about what the future holds.
Yeah normally when somebody says a place is “leading the way” on an issue, they don’t mean “they’re doing the absolute worst out of everyone”
Even if it did, it still wouldn’t be accurate so long as places like North Korea and Saudi Arabia continue to exist.
Unless by “speed running” you meant making improvements the most quickly, which is 100% also not the case
no I mean what you see with them today you see in other first world countries tommorrow. And just to be clear today and tommorrow do not literally mean today/tommorrow but more that what you see with them in an earlier time period tends to become the normal for other countries later and just financially and socially I mostly meant having kids and expectations around working and having a family. The sorta social norm.