"As one of my friends from a not-rich part of East Asia says: "Students from my country come to the U.S. these days. They see dirty cities, lousy infrastructure, and the political clown show on TV, and an insular people clinging to their guns and their gods who boast about how they are the greatest … Continue reading Nothing to Learn, Here
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The Population Bust: Demographic Decline and the End of Capitalism as We Know It
"The mismatch between expectations of a rapidly growing global population (and all the attendant effects on climate, capitalism, and geopolitics) and the reality of both slowing growth rates and absolute contraction is so great that it will pose a considerable threat in the decades ahead. Governments worldwide have evolved to meet the challenge of managing … Continue reading The Population Bust: Demographic Decline and the End of Capitalism as We Know It
