Which of the following is not a potential business impact from the world’s population doubling in the next 40 years?

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BlackTom AI · Accepted Answer

Shortening time-to-market is primarily driven by technological change (automation, digital tools, agile development), not by a doubling of global population—so this is the option that is not a direct business impact of population doubling.

1) Relevant knowledge points and concepts
- Population doubling increases total demand for goods and services, raises dependency ratios, stresses public finances and food systems, and pressures labor markets and migration policy.
- Time-to-market is influenced by R&D methods, software and manufacturing technologies, and organizational practices rather than by population size per se.
- “Dependency ratio” and “labor supply” concepts explain why aging populations or workforce shortages can push retention of older workers or immigration policy changes.
- Food production scales roughly with population and per-capita consumption; a doubling of people implies roughly a doubling of aggregate food demand absent large changes in diet, waste, or productivity.

2) Step-by-step reasoning for each option
- Option A (time to market shortened by technology): Cause is technological innovation (digital tools, cloud, automation). Population growth does not logically accelerate product-development cycles; thus not a consequence of doubling population.
- Option B (retirees remain working): With more mouths to support and fiscal strain on pensions/healthcare, developed countries may encourage or require longer workforce participation to maintain competitiveness.
- Option C (increase immigration limits): To fill labor shortages and support economic growth when domestic demographic trends lag, developed nations commonly relax immigration—this is a plausible policy response to rapid population changes globally.
- Option D (agriculture must supply enormous additional food): If population doubles, aggregate food demand approximately doubles. Example calculation: current world population ~8 billion → doubled = 16 billion, an increase of 8 billion people (100% increase), so agricultural output must grow dramatically to meet calories and protein demand.

3) Calculations and intermediate steps
- Population: 8 billion × 2 = 16 billion (increase = 16 − 8 = 8 billion → 100% increase).
- Approximate implication: If per-capita food consumption stays constant, required agricultural output ≈ current output × 2.

4) Why the correct answer is correct
- The time-to-market trend is driven by technology and organizational practices, not directly by population growth. Doubling population creates demand-side and policy effects (labor, immigration, food), but does not inherently shorten development cycles.

5) Why other options are incorrect (i.e., why they are plausible impacts)
- B, C, and D are credible consequences: workforce retention (B) and immigration policy changes (C) are direct labor-market and fiscal responses; D follows from the arithmetic need to feed twice as many people.

6) Conclusion
Therefore, the statement that is not a potential business impact from the world’s population doubling is "The time to get products and services to market is being shortened by technology," which matches the provided correct answer.

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