Contemporary world population patterns are shaped by the “demographic transition” concept introduced to the field by the great demographer Frank Notestein several generations ago. That schema offers a ...

COVID-19 isn’t just changing the way college students attend class, it’s changing what they’re studying. Case in point: a new course at the University of Texas at San Antonio is using the pandemic as ...

Forces of change seem to come in one of two varieties: bumps and grinds. Bumps are generally eventa contained in the short term that produce profound effects. Think about 9/11 or an earthquake. Grinds ...

The world is facing a fertility rate crisis, and experts warn that giving financial incentives to would-be parents isn't going to come close to solving it. A Lancet study forecasts that by 2100, over ...

Changes in demography will reverse decades of trends: declining growth in wages and inflation, falling interest rates, and greater inequality between countries, while inequality is falling in many ...

For millennia, people have found support and community through defining factors, ranging from age and race to income and education levels. However, these characteristics are not static—and drastic ...

The global sustainable development project as currently conceived is foundering, and the twin crises of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russo-Ukrainian War have driven a stake through its heart. Some of ...

Global mortality rates are falling but not among youths and young adults, according to the latest Global Burden of Disease ...

The Bank for International Settlements, the BIS, just released a 47-page report on the impact of changing global demographics, and if their predictions are correct, it will mean higher interest rates ...

The retirement of the baby boomers is expected to severely cut U.S. stock values in the near future. Since population aging is widespread across the world’s largest countries, this raises the question ...