Social Explorer is an online data mapping application. The free tier only includes access to the Census 2000, according to their pricing chart. But, it looks like an interesting tool for analyzing data, and I wanted to bookmark for future reference.
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The Three Main Forces Shaping the World: Demographics, Inequality, and Access to Information
"The greatest innovation of the last generation has been the destruction of information barriers that used to keep strangers isolated from one another......What’s happened over the last 20 years – and especially the last 10 – has no historical precedent. The telephone eliminated the information gap between you and a distant relative, but the internet … Continue reading The Three Main Forces Shaping the World: Demographics, Inequality, and Access to Information
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
