Those worsening demographics weigh on a nation’s capacity to grow and generally lead to more inflationary pressures.

New Census data confirms slower population growth ahead. Business leaders must prepare for lower GDP growth, zero net migration and shortages of low-skilled labor ...

Welcome to Faster, Please! — The Podcast. Several times a month, host Jim Pethokoukis will feature a lively conversation with a fascinating and provocative guest about how to make the world a better ...

On January 17, 2023, China’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced that the country’s population fell in 2022 by 850,000 people from 2021, which was the first population decline witnessed by ...

Data released recently by the Chinese government shows its population has begun to shrink and that has some economists worried about the global economy. China has powered the world’s economy for ...

A family of four in the northeastern U.S. needed to earn close to $151,100 in 2022 to be economically secure, according to a Washington, D.C.-based think-tank. The Urban Institute, a nonprofit ...

The world’s population passed the 8 billion mark on Nov. 15. While that’s a big number, the rate of population growth has slowed in recent decades, and fears about the “population bomb” are easing.

Malthus’s Contributions to Human Understanding Many historians of economic thought have pointed out the various weaknesses, exaggerations, inconsistencies and factual errors in Malthus’s argument and ...

Nepal, July 20 -- Some concern has been apparent regarding Nepal's declining population growth rate. Is it the beginning of the end to Nepal's dreams of prosperity and high economic growth? A large ...

Ken G. Drouillard receives funding from Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), Canadian Water Agency, Environment and Climate Change Canada, St. Clair River Conservation ...

Jun. 27—JAMESTOWN — The North Dakota Department of Commerce commissioner touted the state's economic and population growth on Wednesday, June 26, at the Jamestown/Stutsman Development Corp.'s annual ...