In Praise of Population Decline
To most Americans, a falling birth rate is not viewed as a bad thing. Public opinion polling shows that most people on Earth want to live alongside fewer people, not more.
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Crowded Classrooms, Teacher Shortages – Demographic Changes Could Help Our Nation’s Troubled Schools, But Only If We Let Them
Schools in thousands of school districts across the country are burdened by too many students and not enough teachers to take care of them all. Classrooms are packed, halls are jammed, and children are forced to stand in the aisles of their school buses.
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Japan’s Ride into the Demographic Danger Zone – and Why It’s Nothing to Fear
Japan’s population is falling. This isn’t news to you – almost everyone already knows this. And it isn’t all that unusual – lots of countries are losing population, but the rate at which Japan’s population is contracting is worth noticing.
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Will 2022 Be the First Year of U.S. Negative Population Growth?
Annual population growth in the United States now stands at a record low. Will COVID-19 send it into early reverse? It’s possible, though far from certain. On December 21, the Census Bureau reported that the United States’ population expanded by just 0.1% last year,
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Don’t Call It a Crisis: The Natural Explanation Behind Collapsing Birth Rates
Americans are having far fewer children than in the past, as a recent report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) shows. The media has declared this a “crisis” that demands government attention. In reality, the plummeting birth rate is a natural and inevitable result of overpopulation and overcrowding. Science has already proven this. Therefore, the only correct action U.S. policymakers should take is no action whatsoever.
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