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Demographics Education Everything is Untrue Gen Z/Generational issues International/Global/Immigration

Immigration: The US exports humanities students and imports STEM students

2026 March 13

Up to 45% of humanities students study abroad and develop global skills; hardly any STEM students do this as their course schedules do not allow study abroad.

Demographics Education Gen Z/Generational issues

Demographics: Portland State University has seen a -23% enrollment drop

2026 March 13

The demographic collapse starts to get noticed ... Washington's WSU has seen a similar drop.

Demographics Economy Gen Z/Generational issues

Economy: Baby boomers already selling their homes

2026 March 12

Boomers are already selling their homes.

Demographics Education Gen Z/Generational issues

Demographics: Oregon City schools faced with declining enrollment

2026 March 12

More school cutbacks due to the declining fertility rate - and over building of schools, in some districts.

Demographics Education Gen Z/Generational issues Geopolitics International/Global/Immigration

Education: Who studies abroad?

2026 March 12

Data shows that humanities students more likely to come from wealthier families, far more likely to do study abroad programs.

Demographics Doomerism Economy Gen Z/Generational issues Media

Misleading media: “Almost half of recent college grads underemployed”

2026 March 12

Unemployment among recent college graduates is actually at a lower rate than the long term average.

Everything is Untrue Public Health/Nutrition

Nutrition: Study finds 22% lower heart disease risk for vegetarians-Or maybe not

2026 March 12

Study finds vegetarian/vegan eating reduces heart disease risk by 22%. But nearly all the benefit is from having lower body weight.

Business

Business: How Amazon lost its way by over hiring

2026 March 11

From quietly shutting off Prime member's fast shipping, to AI-code generation fiascos, Amazon has been laying off workers after a period of massive over hiring.

Demographics Economy Gen Z/Generational issues Geopolitics International/Global/Immigration Policy/Government

Economy: The end of free trade

2026 March 11

Globalization went wild from the 1980s to 2020s. Now we've gone full protectionism. Older workers pay the costs of this flip, at both ends.

Business Economy Finance Geopolitics International/Global/Immigration

Finance: What happened to microloans and microcredit?

2026 March 10

In the 1990s and early 2000s, "microloans" and "microcredit" were the rage in spurring economic growth. But they did not work and left people in poverty.

Immigration: The US exports humanities students and imports STEM students

Demographics: Portland State University has seen a -23% enrollment drop

Economy: Baby boomers already selling their homes

Demographics: Oregon City schools faced with declining enrollment

Education: Who studies abroad?

Misleading media: “Almost half of recent college grads underemployed”

Nutrition: Study finds 22% lower heart disease risk for vegetarians-Or maybe not

Business: How Amazon lost its way by over hiring

Economy: The end of free trade

Finance: What happened to microloans and microcredit?

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