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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Flawed strategies and the Growing Urgency for a National Conversation on Population Growth
Biden’s immigration system was a mess; Trump’s is no better, and neither path will bring us closer to a saner policy approach.
The landscape of parenthood in the United States is shifting, with more adults either planning to have fewer children or opting out of parenthood altogether. Two Pew Research Center studies shed light on these trends, exploring the reasons behind these decisions and their broader implications.