THE AGE OF DECAY, how aging and shrinking populations could usher in the decline of civilization

269pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2023

Investment analyst Shamil Ismail on how aging populations and declining birth rates are leading to a shrinking workforce in developed countries; why automation, AI, and raising the retirement age are not solutions, and how attitudes to immigration will need to change.

Shamil Ismail founded Primaresearch in 2015.