Cherchez la femme… China’s bureaucrats are pleading with women to have babies

Jan 5, 2024 by

by Louis T March, Mercator: We’re talking about China again. Why? Because when China sneezes, much of the world catches a cold. Ready or not, that is today’s multipolar reality. China matters – big time. For the record, yours truly is...

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The Baby Boom

Dec 29, 2023 by

by Arctotherium, The Daily Sceptic: Since the beginnings of the First Demographic Transition in 1760s France, there has been a near monotonic decrease in fertility rates in affected countries, which now include every country on Earth....

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Britain’s declining birth rate is becoming a problem too big to ignore

Dec 22, 2023 by

by Fraser Nelson, Telegraph: Politicians risk ceding the whole debate to the conspiracy theorists if they continue to treat it as off-limits. The biggest problem the world will face in 20 years, according to Elon Musk, is “population...

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At last, at long last, they’ve got the message: the world is running out of people

Dec 19, 2023 by

by Louis T March, Mercator: Never cease to be amazed at what the media misses. An event of momentous importance occurred in Austin, Texas, over December 1-2. Sponsored by Pronatalist.org, it was the first international gathering convened...

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Why I don’t think the population will collapse in the long run

Dec 11, 2023 by

by Peter Jacobsen, Mercator: The irrational pandemonium of the 20th century was the fear of a population explosion. Estimates from scientists such as Paul Ehrlich projected population growth would lead to mass starvation, death, and...

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China reverses course on its disastrous population planning policy

Nov 10, 2023 by

by Peter Jacobsen, Mercator: The 20th century was full of attempts to centrally plan population. Scientists like Paul Ehrlich and businessmen like Hugh Moore spent their lives putting direct pressure on politicians and citizens into...

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