by Publius | Aug 12, 2020 | Family, Grey Matter, Natural Science
By James Gallagher | (Source) The world is ill-prepared for the global crash in children being born which is set to have a “jaw-dropping” impact on societies, say researchers. Falling fertility rates mean nearly every country could have shrinking...
by Prof. Jack Lewis | Jun 3, 2015 | Grey Matter
By Clyde Haberman | The second half of the 1960s was a boom time for nightmarish visions of what lay ahead for humankind. In 1966, for example, a writer named Harry Harrison came out with a science fiction novel titled “Make Room! Make Room!” Sketching a dystopian...
by Prof. Jack Lewis | Feb 9, 2015 | Grey Matter
By Joy Pullmann | The U.S. is in terrible financial and demographic shape. But there’s hope. We can all step up and fill the breaches, together. It will take some sacrifice. President Obama’s most recent budget makes it clear, the Wall Street Journal says, that...
by Prof. Jack Lewis | May 17, 2013 | Grey Matter
By Mark J. Perry | No, there’s been a massive global drop in human fertility that has gone largely unnoticed by the media. The chart above shows the significant, downward trend in the world’s Total Fertility Rate (births per woman) over the last half century, which...
