Global: Where immigrants to the US come from
About 46 million people living in the U.S. were born in another country. This chart shows where many came from.
Demographics, Immigration: Immigration seen as economic boost
Immigration now accounts for the majority of U.S. population growth, and will continue or even expand to address the low fertility rate.
Demographics: Many countries to see shrinking populations
More are starting to pay attention to this demographic bomb - shrinking population is coming Real Soon Now.
Demographics: “Global fertility rates set to crash, triggering ‘staggering’ social change”
Collapsing fertility rates will have big impacts across economies and societies
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Media failure: The Happiest Country Nonsense
This week I’ve seen many items about “This is why Finland is the world’s happiest country” – and 100% of these stories are wrong. Not one reporter – not one…
Media: “The Fake Happiest Country in the World”
Every year a "World Happiness Index", which measures no one's actual happiness, is published. And every year a Nordic country is crowned and the media makes fools of themselves.
Demographics, International: US job growth goes to immigrants.
With the declining fertility rate, a majority of U.S. population growth is now due to immigration. Similarly, newly created jobs are going to immigrants.
Climate: By assigning all the world’s emissions to the 1%, the 1% emit all the world’s carbon emissions!
Oxfam count emission made by companies in which the top 1% have investments, and says all the emissions from those companies are emitted by the top 1%. Brilliant.
Public health: CDC is testing travelers at airports
CDC is testing volunteer international travelers at some airports for up to 30 possible diseases.
Demographics: Industry, academics, immigration lawyers, want to expand U.S. immigration
No surprise - with a low fertility rate, industry and academics are partnering to push for a huge expansion of immigration visas to the U.S.
Immigration: 18% of US workers are foreign born
The % of the U.S. population that is foreign born is approaching 1 in 5 adults, but within some work fields, it is far higher.
Demographics: Is immigration the solution?
With a low fertility rate, economists seek more immigration as a solution - but are there enough immigrants to meet everyone's needs?
International, Education: You need international experience to succeed in tech
Half of all STEM grad degrees in the U.S. go to foreign students, a majority of which will then work in the U.S.
Demographics: Economists want more inbound immigration to the U.S.
Economists, as usual, propose more immigration to address labor issues in the U.S. Problem is that 75% of world's countries have declining populations.
Food security: India to ban exports of non-basmati rice
India currently provides 40% of the world’s exported rice supply – this does not sound good: ‘Some will go hungry, some will starve’: Global rice shortages feared after India bans…