Saito Kohei: Capitalism Lowers Birthrates

日本の人口は2070年に8700万人に減少すると推計され、「地方創生」という言葉が空疎に響くほど東京一極集中が進んでいる。「人新世の『資本論』」で知られる東京大准教授の斎藤幸平さん（36）はこの状況をどう捉えているのだろう。研究室を訪ねると、気鋭の学者は「超格差社会」の現実を見据えていた。【聞き手

-Saito Kohei is a renowned Marxist scholar from the University of Tokyo

-As a result of ignoring climate change and economic disparity, people are not reproducing anymore

-Japanese social contract has been broken down and lifetime employment has been reduced to irregular employment

-Workers are being seen as nothing more than costs by companies

-Overconcentration of population in Tokyo is happening not due to the wish of the poeple, but due to the concentration of capital there

-Population decline is happening not only in rural areas but in regional cities as well due to this phenomena

-Japan and South Korea are in a grave situation due to advanced capitalism (in their respective countries)

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