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Booms, Busts, and Echoes Since 1870 death rates and birth rates have been declining in developed countries. Here's how the biggest demographic upheaval in history is affecting global economic development.   |
Salon.com
September 3, 2002
Damien Cave |
Imaginary infants as beacons of hope Once again, Americans have conjured a baby boom out of a national tragedy. What better way to create a happy ending? |
IndustryWeek
September 1, 2007
Thomas J. Duesterberg |
The Competitive Edge -- When It Comes To The Economy, Population Matters Based on demographic trends, Asia's population could grow to become the most productive in the world. |
Reason
January 2008
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Guests in the Machine If larger economies were to introduce guest worker programs like Singapore's, the impact on migrant welfare would be enormous. Guest worker programs may be the best hope many of the world's poorest people have for improving their lives. |
BusinessWeek
January 31, 2005
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Global Aging It's not just Europe -- China and other emerging-market economies are aging fast, too. There are solutions, but it's time to act. |
Parameters
Spring 2005
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Demographic Trends and Military Recruitment: Surprising Possibilities This article will attempt to project current demographic trends in the United States and abroad, along with several related determinants, a substantial distance into the future, so as to explore some possibly surprising implications for the recruitment of armed forces |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2001
Martin Muhleisen & Hamid Faruqee |
Japan: Population Aging and the Fiscal Challenge With Japan facing a demographic crisis, government finances--stretched to the limit to keep the economy afloat--have to cope with the rising strain on public pension and health systems. This article looks at the economic and fiscal costs of aging in Japan... |
Finance & Development
June 2011 |
The Price of Maturity Aging populations mean countries have to find new ways to support their elderly. |
Smithsonian
October 2006
Joel Garreau |
300 Million and Counting The United States reaches a demographic milestone, with an anticipated population of 300 million -- behind only that of China and India -- thanks largely to immigration. |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2006
Adair Turner |
Pension Challenges in an Aging World Pensions are high on the policy agenda in many developed countries and, increasingly, in developing countries also. Except where fertility rates are very low, needed pension system adjustments look manageable. |
Reason
March 2002
Brink Lindsey |
Social Insecurity Why an increasing number of countries are turning to market-based pension plans... |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2006
Lee & Mason |
What Is the Demographic Dividend? To the extent that countries meet the challenge of aging by expanding unfunded familial or public transfer programs, asset growth will be reduced, and a second dividend will be diminished. |
Reason
October 2006
Kerry Howley |
Ova for Sale The art of the deal in the gray market for human eggs, written by Donor #15. |
BusinessWeek
October 20, 2003
Michelle Conlin |
Unmarried America Say good-bye to the traditional family. Here's how the new demographics will change business and society. |
Scientific American
September 2006
Jeffrey D. Sachs |
Lower Fertility: a Wise Investment The continued rapid population growth in many poor countries will markedly exacerbate the environmental stresses. Plans that encourage voluntary, steep reductions in the fertility rates of poor nations pay dividends in sustainability for everyone. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
How Wealthy Nations Can Avoid a Looming Retirement Crisis The extent of the global aging problem and the prospect for globally-based solutions were outlined during a conference several weeks ago on "Risk Transfers and Retirement Income Security." |
Knowledge@Wharton
January 29, 2003 |
China Can Help the U.S. Tackle Its Social Security Crisis Much has been written about the looming pension crisis in the U.S., Europe and Japan, whose populations are aging. Wharton finance professor Jeremy J. Siegel argues that economic growth in China and the rest of the developing world holds the key to dealing with the impending crunch. |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2006
Peter S. Heller |
Asia: Ready or Not The world's most populous continent must prepare now for an aging population. |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2006
Carone & Costello |
Can Europe Afford to Grow Old? The EU must face up to recent projections showing that aging will have a major economic and budgetary impact. |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2006
Jimenez & Murthi |
Investing in the Youth Bulge With the right investments, developing countries can turn their large youth populations into a boon. |
The Motley Fool
September 1, 2010
Eric Dutram |
Three International ETFs Facing Shrinking Populations Take a look at three country-specific ETFs that could face headwinds created by a shrinking population going forward. |
Fast Company
September 2010
Scott Carney |
Human Egg Sales Raise Bioethical Issues Modern fertility technology has made parenthood a possibility for thousands more people, but it has also created a lucrative - and ethically questionable - global trade in human genetic material. |
Smithsonian
September 2007
David Lamb |
Singapore Swing Peaceful and prosperous, Southeast Asia's famously uptight nation has let its hair down. |
CFO
March 1, 2012 |
Where the Workers Are Test your knowledge of important demographic forces shaping the global labor pool. |
Investment Advisor
November 2006 |
Remarks by Chairman Ben S. Bernanke The Coming Demographic Transition: Will We Treat Future Generations Fairly? -- Over the next few decades, the U.S. population will grow significantly older, a development that will affect our society and our economy in many ways. |
Wired
February 2002
Brendan I. Koerner |
Embryo Police Got designs on a designer baby? Egg sharing? Intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection? Meet the citizens panel that's more than happy to make your reproductive choice for you... |
Registered Rep.
April 17, 2012
Alan Lavine |
Baby Boom Good for Life Insurance More babies means greater demand for good old-fashioned cash-value life insurance. Young couples tend to buy life insurance to protect their families and babies are making a comeback. |
IDB America
February 2002
Charo Quesada |
Less than healthy A new book charges that Latin American women suffer disproportionately from preventable health problems... |
IndustryWeek
June 23, 2010 |
The Competitive Edge -- European Weakness a Problem for U.S. Manufacturers U.S. manufacturers will be caught in the downdraft of the European financial crisis. |
The Motley Fool
January 11, 2010
Nick Kapur |
Avoid the Iceberg That Could Sink Your Portfolio Investors must face the dawn of a new era, one that may bring with it heavy and unprecedented declines in consumer strength and labor power. |
BusinessWeek
August 26, 2010
Aki Ito |
Japan's Government Plays Matchmaker Its birthrate is dangerously low, so a prefectural government is setting up a website to encourage dating -- and procreation. |
ifeminists
September 22, 2004 |
Fertility Tourism Many aspiring parents dislike the laws that control fertility in the UK and are attracted by the more flexible foreign policies. |
BusinessWeek
February 27, 2006
Catherine Arnst |
And Baby Makes...A Market "The Baby Business: How Money, Science, and Politics Drive the Commerce of Conception" is a valuable, thought-provoking look at the baby-making business. |
Science News
February 2, 2008
Julie J. Rehmeyer |
Math Trek: Getting Old, Faster and Faster The world population is aging fast, but is still younger than we tend to think. |
