demographics

  1. MinnesotaSmith

    CORONA The Coming Age of (population) Dispersion

    https://quillette.com/2020/03/25/the-coming-age-of-dispersion/ The Coming Age of Dispersion by Joel Kotkin March 25, 2020 "As of this writing, the long-term effects of the coronavirus pandemic remain uncertain. But one possible consequence is an acceleration of the end of the megacity era...
  2. MinnesotaSmith

    OP-ED The Global Fertility Crisis -- demographer Lyman Stone

    https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2020/01/27/the-global-fertility-crisis/ The Global Fertility Crisis By LYMAN STONE January 9, 2020 (Hill Street Studios/Getty Images)America is not immune South Korea recently denied draft exemptions for members of the K-pop boy band and...
  3. MinnesotaSmith

    RACE Birth rate in England & Wales hits 80-YEAR low -- just 11 women out of 1,000 had children last year

    Outside of perhaps Hungary and Poland, Europeans have clearly lost the will to live. While the article notes that a disproportionate share of those still having children are unmarried, it leaves out that they are also disproportionately nonwhite, Muslim, and of below-average IQ...
  4. MinnesotaSmith

    INTL India's population soon to surpass China's, then decline

    Neat interactive graphic at original. https://ourworldindata.org/indias-population-growth-will-come-to-an-end India's population growth will come to an end: the number of children has already peaked January 15, 2019 by Hannah Ritchie Our World in Data presents the empirical evidence on...
  5. MinnesotaSmith

    SCI Declining fertility led to Neanderthal extinction

    https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2019/05/31/Declining-fertility-led-to-Neanderthal-extinction-new-model-suggests/7301559303310/ SCIENCE NEWS MAY 31, 2019 Declining fertility led to Neanderthal extinction, new model suggests By Brooks Hays New research suggests a slight decline in...
  6. MinnesotaSmith

    USA US Births Fall to Lowest Rates Since 1980s -- WSJ

    Note: graphics on original will not allow link (are some good ones, too). https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-births-fall-to-lowest-rates-since-1980s-11557892860 U.S. Births Fall to Lowest Level Since 1980s Number of babies born has declined in 10 of the last 11 years as fertility rate slumps...
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    OP-ED SHOCK STUDIES: Millennials and Gen Z’s More CONSERVATIVE Than Ever!!!

    The video reports on the growing numbers of younger generation conservatives. The studies sited are from the US and Europe. This supports what I'm seeing in my own family. While they hold some opinions considered avant-garde to prior generations like same sex marriage, there is a definable rise...
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    USA Nearly 156 People Leave Chicago Daily: Demographic Trends (also NYC and LA specifically)

    It's not just California....also NYC and LA... https://www.bloombergquint.com/business/chicago-exodus-sees-city-shrink-by-156-daily-demographic-trends#gs.cqEu47Q Nearly 156 People Leave Chicago Daily: Demographic Trends Alexandre Tanzi Wei Lu December 14 2018, 2:00 AM December 14 2018, 8:18...
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    POL California GOP ponders way forward after stunning losses

    Hummm….. For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... https://apnews.com/e11342c7cb04477ea584013ad80f8cd4 California GOP ponders way forward after stunning losses By MICHAEL R. BLOOD today LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a speech to fellow Republicans in May, U.S. Rep. Mimi Walters...
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    OP-ED Pol: Trump Is a Very European Strongman

    For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2016-03-28/trump-is-a-very-european-strongman 2016 Elections Trump Is a Very European Strongman March 28, 2016 2:00 AM EST By Pankaj Mishra U.S. politics today presents, to this foreign observer...
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    OT/MISC Iran's Urban Future: Tehran and Beyond

    For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... http://www.newgeography.com/content/004898-irans-urban-future-tehran-and-beyond Iran's Urban Future: Tehran and Beyond by Matthew Stevenson 04/21/2015 With Iranian-American nuclear relations back on the front burner — make that front...
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