Demographics: The demographics of Czechia
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…
Demographics, Economy: Effects of lower fertility rates on global economy
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…
Demographics: The next generation after the “millennials” will be smaller than the “millennial” generation
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…
Demographics: Why some might not support immigration
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…
Demographics: “The aging population”
“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.…
Global: How much global travel was done in 1954?
Amongst heads of companies in 1954: 93% of large company CEOs had traveled internationally 89% of mid-size firm CEOs 86% of small firm CEOs Source: The Influence of Foreign Travel…
Demographics: Canada sees fastest population increase in 65 years – almost all due to immigration
Canada’s population grew at the fastest pace since around the height of the baby boom, with immigration responsible for nearly all of that growth. Source: Immigration Drives Fastest Canada Population…
Public health: Beef consumption linked with less depression
Nutrition studies are notorious for problems with self-reported data, correlation without causation, and even cherry picking so … ‘We found that higher beef intake may be protective against major depressive…
Public health: Demographics of who gets hepatitis have changed dramatically
I had hepatitis in May of 2022: Hepatitis A is no longer mainly a travel and food-related infection, as the majority of infections from 2016 to 2020 related to drug…
Automation: Strong growth seen in office automation, robotics firms
And these are not just the obvious mechatronics robots but now software tools that automate worked previously done by white collar workers: Artificial intelligence is getting better at all kinds…