Nicholas Eberstadt and Patrick Norrick explore a challenge for the future of human flourishing. Human beings are unique among living creatures in being able to alter their own fertility deliberately,…
Nicholas Eberstadt writes for the American Enterprise Institute about a demographic challenge for America’s future. Can America continue to prosper, even if our country veers into an indefinite depopulation? The…
Editors at National Review Online explore challenges related to the low American birth rate. A new CDC report shows the U.S. birth rate hovering near a record low. If the…
Jesus Fernandez-Villaverde explores a key issue for mankind’s future. For anyone tempted to try to predict humanity’s future, Paul Ehrlich’s 1968 book The Population Bomb is a cautionary tale. Feeding on the…
Taxes aren't the only reason people move, "but there is no denying a very strong correlation between low-tax, low-cost states and population growth," the article concludes.
Helen Raleigh of the Federalist pours through new numbers and finds disturbing news about the communist Chinese government’s demographic policies. A new report from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute reveals…
It’s already clear that the Golden State has plenty of problems. Now Investor’s Business Daily documents another one that should give pause to those inclined to support progressive public policies.…
One wonders whether Mark Steyn plans to welcome Megan McArdle to his club — the club whose members realize that European demographic statistics spell doom for the continent’s future. Steyn’s…
In making an argument that federal government budget policies ought to be shifted in ways that reduce disincentives for people to have children, Newsweek‘s Robert J. Samuelson focuses on ideas…
Richmond County is among the counties shown in an N&O story today to have lost population in the past year. My only familiarity with Richmond County comes from my daughter’s…
Below is a statement by the President of the left wing environmental group Negative Population Growth. No-Growth, Steady-State Economy Must Be Our Goal by Donald Mann, President NPG 1. Economic…