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• in Politics
  The Baby Disaster!
  So mean, yes! But what exactly are we supposed to understand?
  by chinchak / on Nov 7, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “population growth”

 

• Tommy Wells discusses his mayoral run

  
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  D.C. Council member Tommy Wells on Saturday became the second candidate to officially enter the 2014 mayoral race . Ahead of his formal announcement, Wells (D-Ward 6) sat with me and my colleague Tim Craig for a lengthy interview on why hes running and his vision for the city. The following transcript has been edited ...
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• Map: More than half of humanity lives within this circle

  
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  In yet another illustration of Chinas and Indias enormous populations, Reddit recently surfaced the above population map, which claims more than half the worlds people live within a circle superimposed over a section of Asia. Read full article >>        
  2 weeks ago

• Will lower birth rates help the environment?

  
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  Girls just want to have fun. Or at least they don’t want to have as many babies as before. This is true in places like the United States, where a Western lifestyle has changed behavior, but also in other parts of the world where women are becoming more empowered and making the decision to have fewer children. Thus, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Another “New Normal” Employment Report

  
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  This morning the stock market is soaring on news that the economy added 165,000 jobs in April (slightly more than expected) and unemployment fell to 7.5%.  These aren’t stellar numbers.  The jobs added barely exceeded the rate necessary to keep pace with population growth, and the unemployment rate’s ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Focus is on Cheap Labor, Not Immigration

  
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  Today is May Day, a universal recognition of labor everywhere save the U.S.: We have  “Labor Day” in September, which serves as a proxy for the end of summer. Thus, Labor Day is a bit of a downer, even if the weather doesn’t start to change towards fall for another month. May Day, however, has [...]
  2 weeks ago

• The current human situation is wonderful but collapse isn’t.

  
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  I am feeling sad today, because I heard some wonderfully heart-rending stories by several Mexican migrants into the US. I can appreciate their coming here, as did multitudes of previous immigrants, for the opportunities. They are hard-working people who are eager to participate in the local economic activity, and are ...
  3 weeks ago

• 1st Quarter Per Capita GDP Rises 1.8%

  
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  As reported by the Bureau of Economic Analysis yesterday morning, the preliminary estimate of first quarter GDP rose by 2.5%, disappointing economists who had expected a rise of over 3%.  But, since what matters is not the size of the pie but the size of your slice,  macroeconomic growth that is offset by ...
  3 weeks ago

• Digital tower-makers

  
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  ETH-Zurich researchers at the Future Cities Laboratory in Singapore are studying how the rapid population boom in Asia’s metropolises can be rendered sustainable from an urban development perspective. A team is researching robot systems that build multi-storey buildings precisely and efficiently and thus could pave ...
  3 weeks ago

• The Boston Marathon Bombings: The Federal Government Has Blood on Its Hands

  
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  Following the defeat of gun control legislation, President Obama had this to say: … if action by Congress could have saved one person, one child, … we had an obligation to try. Shouldn’t that same philosophy extend to all federal policy? On the day of the Boston Marathon, three persons, including one 8-year ...
  4 weeks ago

• The river of plenty: uncovering the secrets of the amazing Mekong

  
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  Home to giant catfish and stingrays, feeding over 60 million people, and with the largest abundance of freshwater fish in the world, the Mekong River, and its numerous tributaries, brings food, culture, and life to much of Southeast Asia. Despite this, little is known about the biodiversity and ecosystems of the ...
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• Prosperity needed to ease tensions from increasing migration, argues demographer Bernard Salt .. (audio)

  
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  Cathy Bell spoke to the social scientist from KPMG
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• Sustainable Population group calls for end of baby bonus, cut in (non-refugee) immigration numbers .. (audio)

  
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  Fiona Ellis Jones spoke to Dr John Coulter, Deputy Chair of Sustainable Population Australia
  4 weeks ago

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