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- January 14, 2026
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A LOT CAN HAPPEN IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE An NPG Commentary by Karen I. Shragg, Ed. D.

A LOT CAN HAPPEN IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE An NPG Commentary by Karen I. Shragg, Ed. D.

Negative Population Growth, Inc. (NPG) has released a compelling new Forum paper, The Myth of Growth-Driven Prosperity, authored by Nathanial Gronewold, Ph.D. This paper dismantles the long-held belief that a rising Gross Domestic Product (GDP) always signifies progress and improved well-being for the American people.

There are emerging signs that better human economic security and welfare can be ensured through steady population decline. Economists, however, disagree, obsessed as they are with one measure of wealth: rising gross domestic product (GDP).

Leveraging Demographic Change with Foresight and Balance

A Call to Address the Causes of Ecological Overshoot and Its Impact

Biden’s immigration system was a mess; Trump’s is no better, and neither path will bring us closer to a saner policy approach.

Leveraging Demographic Change with Foresight and Balance

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I’M IN A NEW YORK STATE OF MIND* An NPG Commentary by Karen I. Shragg, Ed. D.

Flawed strategies and the Growing Urgency for a National Conversation on Population Growth