The Low Fertility Fallacy by Vegard Skirbekk and Catherine Bowen
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/low-fertility-fallacy
Why Panic About Birthrates Is Overblown
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/low-fertility-fallacy
Why Panic About Birthrates Is Overblown
My take on the debate surrounding falling birth rates and demographic shifts:
Are we worried about the wrong demographic problem? By Vivekanand Jayakumar
Peak population may be coming sooner than we think
How demographics can distort economic narratives by Valentina Romei
https://www.ft.com/content/0bde0990-4959-4412-9266-82c37baeea14
Japan and Italy aren’t quite as stagnant as you think
https://www.ft.com/content/0bde0990-4959-4412-9266-82c37baeea14
Japan and Italy aren’t quite as stagnant as you think
How many people can Earth handle?
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220905-is-the-world-overpopulated
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220905-is-the-world-overpopulated
Developing Countries Can’t Count on Manufacturing to Supercharge Growth
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-21/global-economy-no-longer-driven-by-rapid-manufacturing-growth
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-21/global-economy-no-longer-driven-by-rapid-manufacturing-growth
Poor nations are choking on debt — we must grasp the solutions
https://www.ft.com/content/73fd6202-fed0-4e50-b373-206fc256bcd7
Adam Tooze:
By 2050 UN data suggests that Africa’s population of 2.5bn will account for 25 per cent of the world’s working-age individuals, and yet many of those young people will grow up in societies unable to offer them even basic education and infrastructure. As the World Bank warns, political conflicts, geopolitical entanglements and environmental damage threaten to compound the polycrisis.
https://www.ft.com/content/73fd6202-fed0-4e50-b373-206fc256bcd7
Adam Tooze:
By 2050 UN data suggests that Africa’s population of 2.5bn will account for 25 per cent of the world’s working-age individuals, and yet many of those young people will grow up in societies unable to offer them even basic education and infrastructure. As the World Bank warns, political conflicts, geopolitical entanglements and environmental damage threaten to compound the polycrisis.