The following column is written by Annika Matson, editor-in-chief of Estonian business daily Äripäev online channel aripaev.ee An appeal from a well-known online vendor plumped down in my mailbox today, explaining that Estonia could be salvaged from foundering only if Estonians had more sex and, by doing so, also did breed. I took a liking to this idea as to one to bolster up our economy. Moreover, Estonian economy is listing precariously, and creative approaches to problems always pay off. The gravity of the situation can be perceived by reading a recent Eurostat news release. According to the latest data, by 2035 the population of Estonia will have plummeted by 7 per cent, and by 2060 even by 15 per cent. The same survey predicts that, unlike in Estonia, in 13 other EU countries there would have been a sizable population growth by the same time. According to the estimates of the survey, Cyprus would have had the largest rise of 66 per cent. The most serious fall would have befallen Bulgaria (28 per cent). Estonia would have a population of 1,13 million in 2060. Estonia’s population today is 1,34 million, thus we would have 200 000 souls less. So, rather naïvely and emotionally, I shall now try and unravel how sex could deliver us from this certain economic doom. Firstly, in those scores of years to come we should not be able to replenish our own workforce and Estonia would be inhabited by an ever-growing number of Chinese, persons ...
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The following column is written by Annika Matson, editor-in-chief of Estonian business daily Äripäev online channel aripaev.ee An appeal from a well-known online vendor plumped down in my mailbox today, explaining that Estonia could be salvaged from foundering only if Estonians had more sex and, by doing so, also did breed. I took a liking to this idea as to one to bolster up our economy. Moreover, Estonian economy is listing precariously, and creative approaches to problems always pay off. The gravity of the situation can be perceived by reading a recent Eurostat news release. According to the latest data, by 2035 the population of Estonia will have plummeted by 7 per cent, and by 2060 even by 15 per cent. The same survey predicts that, unlike in Estonia, in 13 other EU countries there would have been a sizable population growth by the same time. According to the estimates of the survey, Cyprus would have had the largest rise of 66 per cent. The most serious fall would have befallen Bulgaria (28 per cent). Estonia would have a population of 1,13 million in 2060. Estonia’s population today is 1,34 million, thus we would have 200 000 souls less. So, rather naïvely and emotionally, I shall now try and unravel how sex could deliver us from this certain economic doom. Firstly, in those scores of years to come we should not be able to replenish our own workforce and Estonia would be inhabited by an ever-growing number of Chinese, persons ...