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Samuelson was 100% wrong. For decades, since its 1961 edition, students of economics had read in Paul Samuelson’s textbook the following sentence: “The Soviet economy is proof that, contrary to…
Source: Midterms 2022: The Changing Demographics of the Electorate In addition to many other factors, this change in population demographics – and the demographics of the legal voting population –…
The pop media seldom does good reporting on the population demographics issue. This report, though, from the Orange County Register, is excellent, with clear and easy to understand charts. I…
Architect Belinda Carr tours a modular home construction factory in Switzerland, showing how automation improves efficiency, accuracy and quality, safety and more.
Source: The truth about electric car range: how far an EV will really go on a full charge While good range is useful, fast charging is probably more useful. I…
The immigration solution that works for some (but not all) countries: However, the fact that Czechia’s population is now bigger than at the time since the collapse of Communism is…
This article is spot on. Most developed economies have been graying, thanks to low birth rates and rising life expectancy. As a result, the labor force as a proportion of…
Among millennials, especially, the fertility rate is very low. Between 2007 and 2012, the birth rate among Americans who came of age after 2000 dropped by 15 percent, to the…
This text appears in the book Empty Planet (highly recommended): A 2016 Pew Research poll showed that 60 percent of Americans agreed with the statement that immigrants “strengthen our country…
“The world is aging” is a correct and true statement but I suspect it is misleading to most readers (see below): The world is aging, and our economy is shrinking.…