Economies Thrive with Older, Smaller Population, New Study Finds
https://www.fa-mag.com/news/economies-thrive-with-older--smaller-population--new-study-finds-87649.html
https://www.fa-mag.com/news/economies-thrive-with-older--smaller-population--new-study-finds-87649.html
Baby Busts and Growth Booms: Demographic Change and the Macroeconomy
https://www.nber.org/papers/w35401
https://www.nber.org/papers/w35401
Britain’s baby bust could fuel an economic boom
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/07/13/britains-baby-bust-could-fuel-an-economic-boom/
Falling birth rates may make Britain richer and more productive, say experts.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/07/13/britains-baby-bust-could-fuel-an-economic-boom/
Falling birth rates may make Britain richer and more productive, say experts.
‘They Don’t Need People’: The Workers Left Behind by China’s Robot Drive
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/world/asia/china-workers-robots-factories.html
For out-of-work factory workers in Kunshan, a region made rich by electronics manufacturing, a park is the only place to go.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/world/asia/china-workers-robots-factories.html
For out-of-work factory workers in Kunshan, a region made rich by electronics manufacturing, a park is the only place to go.
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An ageing society might not cost too much
https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/07/09/an-ageing-society-might-not-cost-too-much
A dystopian vision of the future may not come to pass.
https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/07/09/an-ageing-society-might-not-cost-too-much
A dystopian vision of the future may not come to pass.
Mass immigration is not the silver bullet economists think it is
https://www.ft.com/content/1b934ad7-7ea8-477a-8baf-fcb82bb643ca
As with the free-trade debate in recent years, consensus is shifting.
https://www.ft.com/content/1b934ad7-7ea8-477a-8baf-fcb82bb643ca
As with the free-trade debate in recent years, consensus is shifting.