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Demography

CHINA'S INTERNAL DOMESTIC PROBLEM:  CALLED ISLAM

7/26/2019

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THE NATURE OF MARITAL HAPPINESS FOR JANE AUSTEN

7/26/2019

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Artificial Birth Control — A Battle Lost
Robert V. Thomann
 A battle is a confrontation between an enemy invading to dominate and a friend defending to protect. In the Church, a most crucial battle has been fought for many decades between a culture that has invaded to dominate with artificial birth control (ABC) as the clear means for protecting one’s freedom and the Church’s defense […]
The Nature of Marital Happiness in “Pride & Prejudice”
By Susannah Pearce on Jul 23, 2019 10:00 pm
In “Pride and Prejudice,” Elizabeth Bennet is vehement that the character of the person must be determined in order to make a good choice. While spouses may change over time in superficial ways, the essentials remain constant. While one may hope for the conversion of a scoundrel or a fool, it is not worth ...
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Marriage and fidelity in the internet age 
Betsy Vandenberghe, Jeffrey P. Dew, and W. Bradford Wilcox | NationalReview.com 
Jane Austen is more than a giantess among women writers. She is also a giantess among the giants, holding a place of pride and prominence among the greatest writers of either sex and of all ages. She doesn’t merely tower above George Elliot, Mary Shelley, Virginia Woolf, and the Brontë sisters, she also towers above ...
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BEIJING'S POLITICAL CLASS ABANDONS WIDOWS

7/13/2019

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DEMOGRAPHY IN THE RUST BELT IS CHANGING & AN EDUCATED WORKFORCE IS OVERRATED

7/4/2019

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AARON M. RENN
The Rust Belt’s Mixed Population Story
Larger cities in the region are seeing some growth—but mostly from in-state residents leaving troubled or stagnant locales.
An Educated Workforce Is Overrated
Conor Sen, Bloomberg
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CHINA'S FAST GROWING URBAN CRISIS

6/22/2019

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JOEL KOTKIN
China’s Urban Crisis
Authoritarian planning, rising class tensions, and sophisticated population surveillance cast a shadow on the country’s rapidly growing cities.
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ANOTHER SEXUAL REVOLUTION:  GENDER, GREAT POWER COMPETITION & DEMOGRAPHY

6/12/2019

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New Vatican document says gender theory is ‘cultural and ideological revolution’
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By Catholic News Agency on Jun 10, 2019 12:49 pm
Vatican City, Jun 10, 2019 / 08:35 am (CNA).- A Vatican department has issued a sweeping denunciation of so-called gender theory, and affirmed the principles of human dignity, difference, and complementarity. “In all such [gender] [...]
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With great demographics comes great power
Nicholas Eberstadt | Foreign Affaris 
Although conventional measures of economic and military power often receive more attention than demographics, few factors influence the long-term competition between great powers as much as changes in the size, capabilities, and characteristics of national populations.
Red, white, and gray: Population aging, deaths of despair, and the institutional stagnation of America
Lyman Stone | American Enterprise Institute 
Americans are getting older, society is changing, and our institutions have become less dynamic. This will have significant economic and social consequences over the next several decades.
In a new piece for Foreign Affairs, Nicholas Eberstadt analyzes the population changes threatening the US, its allies, and its adversaries on the world stage. His research reveals that while China and Russia are confronting serious demographic challenges, the US is also battling negative life expectancy and lower education attainment trends, which pose a risk to its international leadership. Policymakers must address these risks and recognize that the future of the US-led international order may lie with the young and growing democracies of the developing world. Read more here.


ICYMI: In an AEI report, Nicholas Eberstadt notes that, surprising as it might sound, we already have a fairly reliable picture of China’s population profile for 2040, because the overwhelming majority of people who will be living in China in 2040 are already alive and living there today. Eberstadt explains that China’s population is on track to peak in the coming decade and decline at an accelerating tempo thereafter. These new demographic trends will make for serious economic headwinds, presaging the end of China’s era of “heroic economic growth.” Revisit the piece here.
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MODI'S NEW CHALLENGE IS URBANIZATION

6/9/2019

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Modi’s New Challenge Is Embracing Urbanization
Reihan Salam, The Atlantic

When Narendra Modi led his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to an outright parliamentary majority in 2014—a feat no party had been able to achieve in the previous 25 years of Indian politics—the hopes and expectations for his first term were straightforward, if lofty. Modi promised to build a “new India” that would curb corruption, spur economic growth, and advance the interests of the growing “neo–middle class” of erstwhile villagers striving to reinvent themselves as consumers. Read more here...
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SLAVE MARKETS & ISLAM

5/24/2019

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Painting of Muslim Men Sexually Enslaving White Women Triggers Outrage
by Raymond Ibrahim
PJ Media
May 15, 2019

https://www.meforum.org/58519/painting-muslims-enslaving-white-women

Tommy Robinson: 'Our Free Speech and Our Rights Are Disappearing in the UK'
Middle East Forum Sentry Radio
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AEI EXAMINES SOCIAL CAPITAL

5/23/2019

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The story of stagnating wages was mostly wrong
Michael R. Strain | Bloomberg Opinion 
The argument that wages have been stagnant for decades except for those at the very top, frequently echoed by politicians, pundits, and even some economists, is based on flawed and misleading measures of wage growth. Read more.
Capitalism is not broken
Robert Doar | The Guardian 
Rumors of the death of mobility have been greatly exaggerated. Capitalism isn’t broken: It’s our best shot at keeping the American dream of freedom and success alive.  Read more.
Gretzky's puck: A human capital strategy for the 21st century
Brent Orrell | Evolllution 
Gretzky’s puck boils down to one simple rule: The future is unknowable. In light of this blurry reality, the best we can do is build up a strong and flexible workforce that can skate to where the puck is going and be able to pivot as economic conditions and technologies change. Read more.
Adam Smith and human resources: The moral challenges of modern society
Daniel B. Klein | American Enterprise Institute 
Adam Smith helps the modern person with moral challenges, especially in work and employment. He inspires the individual to make a useful and satisfying place for himself in society by contributing. Read more.
The liberal sciences and the lost arts of learning
 Brent Orrell | Law & Liberty 
 The St. John’s program is designed to create free adults and responsible citizens with the intellectual tools needed to think critically about all the questions that confront the individual and society — including the place, purpose, and limits of scientific knowledge in the midst of our rapidly accelerating technological revolution.
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RACE, ISLAMIC POLYGAMY AND FAMILY STRUCTURE

5/13/2019

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Race, family structure, and the child welfare system 
Naomi Schaefer Riley | Institute for Family Studies
Germany: Citizenship for Polygamous Migrants?
by Soeren Kern
Faith, Family, and the Future of Europe
Birth rates are on the decline — and it’s a problem 
Lyman Stone | AEI video 

From the archives: The latest on the birth dearth in America 
Karlyn Bowman and Joseph Kosten | AEIdeas
Understanding ‘Greedy’ Work
Kay Hymowitz, Institute for Family Studies
 
Fewer Kids Are Choosing College

Justin Fox, Bloomberg
Marriage facilitates responsible fatherhood 
W. Bradford Wilcox | Institute for Family Studies 
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TRUTH TELLING, BIG ABORTION & SOUTH KOREA'S LOW BIRTH RATE

5/3/2019

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The Low Birth Rate Is South Korea's Greatest Strategic Threat
By Dr. Alon Levkowitz, May 1, 2019
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: South Korea faces security threats and economic challenges from competitors in Asia and around the world, but the greatest long-term threat to its national interest is the demographic challenge posed by the low birth rate. The failure of the South Korean government to increase the birth rate poses a serious long-term danger to Korea’s economy and security. The Israeli social and economic environment could offer a constructive example for policy reevaluation on this issue.

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ADAM SMITH AND HUMAN CAPTIAL

5/1/2019

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Adam Smith and human resources: The moral challenges of modern society 
Daniel B. Klein | American Enterprise Institute
Testimony: On the importance of social capital for public policymaking
Ryan Streeter | Joint Economic Committee 
If we hope to continue to make progress in serving individuals and families who are on the outside of American prosperity staring in, we should pull a few pages from the 1990s playbook and make community relationships central again.
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HOW SOCIALISM KILLS THE FAMILY & THE NEW CRITERION EXAMINES VICTORIAN MARRIAGES

4/17/2019

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Family and individualism: A new view of the American dream
Samuel J. Abrams | AEIdeas 
Americans truly value their individualism and their community life, and the post–Cold War conception that achieving the American dream is inextricably linked to wealth accumulation is erroneous.
“Marriage and morals among the Victorians,” by Gertrude Himmelfarb (November 1983).On the marriage and morality of Victorian-era London.
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LARRY DIAMOND EXAMINES THE DEMOGRAPHIC DEFICIT THAT AILS THE WEST; BUT NOT AFRICA

3/19/2019

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The Coming Demographic Disruptions
by Larry Diamond via The American Interest Immigration is now a demographic imperative. The United States, EU, and other industrialized countries must figure out a way to handle it before it’s too late.
ASIA TIMES
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NEW INSIGHTS INTO POVERTY & AFFLUENCE GAP

2/28/2019

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New Insights Into the Poverty and Affluence Gap
Kay Hymowitz, Institute for Family Studies

Racial and ethnic inequality remains one of the country’s most vexing social problems. It has always been true that whites are much less likely to be poor and more likely to be rich than blacks, Hispanics, and American Indians (Asians are a different story)—and it remains true today. For blacks, the gap has been particularly discouraging since it has been resistant to so many efforts to right it: civil rights laws, education reform, affirmative action, an arsenal of War on Poverty-style programs, and two terms of a relatively well-regarded black president. Read more here....
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THE KEY TO A LONG & HAPPY LIFE

2/24/2019

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The key to a long and happy life
Twenty20 
As politicians and social leaders try to pinpoint the root cause of American woe, Tim Carney says they should start by looking at the closing churches — and the ones that are bustling.
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FORBES EXAMINES GLOBAL POPULATION DECLINE & FRENCH MUSLIMS AND A MILITANT SECULAR STATE

2/24/2019

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The French can provide a form of common life in which all, including their fellow Muslim citizens, can recognize themselves. Read More »
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FORBES
French Muslims and the Secular State  by Denis MacEoin
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ALIENATED AMERIKA

2/20/2019

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Why do so many people believe the American dream is no longer within reach? Growing inequality, stubborn pockets of immobility, rising rates of deadly addiction, the increasing and troubling fact that where you start determines where you end up, and heightening political strife — these are the disturbing realities threatening ordinary American lives today. 

The standard account points to economic problems among the working class, but the root was a cultural collapse. While the educated and wealthy elites still enjoy strong communities, most blue-collar Americans lack strong institutions that bind them to their neighbors. And outside of the elites, the central American institution has been religion. That is, it is not the factory closings that have torn us apart; it is the church closings. The dissolution of our most cherished institutions — nuclear families, places of worship, and civic organizations — has not only divided us, but eroded our sense of worth, belief in opportunity, and connection to one another. 

In Alienated America, Timothy P. Carney visits all corners of America, from the dim country bars of Southwestern Pennsylvania to the bustling Mormon wards of Salt Lake City, and examines the most important data and research to demonstrate how social connection is the great divide in America. He shows that Trump’s surprising victory was the most visible symptom of this deep-seated problem. In addition to his detailed exploration of how a range of societal changes have, in tandem, damaged us, Carney provides a framework that will lead us back out of a lonely, modern wilderness.
AEI VIDEO LONELINESS IN AMERICA
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LONELINESS, INFANTICIDE & WEAK COMMUNITIES IN AMERICA

2/4/2019

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Alone
The decline of the family has unleashed an epidemic of loneliness.
Loneliness in America 
Samuel J. Abrams and Ryan Streeter | AEI video 
The American family today 
Karlyn Bowman | Forbes 
Infanticide and the left 
Ramesh Ponnuru | National Review
The US is in a crisis of love
Arthur C. Brooks | The Washington Post 
Evidence suggests that fewer Americans are taking risks for love. In an increasingly romance-less culture, we need more life entrepreneurs who are willing to put their hearts on the line.
When Concerns for Peripheries Eclipse Interest in the Sacred Other  James Kalb
Modern ways of thinking lead people to moral views that are different from traditional ones, so it’s not surprising they consider themselves morally superior to people in the past. Whether current moral understandings are actually better is nonetheless dubious and deserves investigation. Modern thought wants to take fewer things into consideration but in a more […]
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GATESTONE INSTITUTE COVERS FINLANDS GROOMING GANGS AGAINST GIRLS & CHILD MARRIAGES

1/30/2019

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Finland's Grooming Gangs by David Brown 
AN 8 YEAR OLD BRIDE:  GATESTONE 
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CHINA'S DEMOGRAPHIC OUTLOOK

1/24/2019

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China’s demographic outlook to 2040 and its implications: An overview
Nicholas Eberstadt | American Enterprise Institute 
For any serious attempt to assess China’s future outlook, an examination of the country’s population prospects is not only advisable but also absolutely indispensable.

Nicholas Eberstadt on China’s demographic outlook 
Spencer Moore, Matt Winesett, and Nicholas Eberstadt | "Banter" 
From the archives: China’s aging population 
Karlyn Bowman and Joseph Kosten | AEIdeas
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EXAMINING RUSSIAN & CHINESE DEMOGRAPHIC CRISIS

1/22/2019

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China’s birth rate falls to lowest in 70 years
BY ASIA TIMES STAFF
Number of babies born falls by 2 million, despite relaxed population controls
New policies ‘can address demographic imbalance’
BY ASIA TIMES STAFF
China must implement both supply side and demand side measures, says official


China’s demographic outlook to 2040 and its implications: An overview
Nicholas Eberstadt
 Read Online Printable Copy    

 KEY POINTS
  • We already have a fairly reliable picture of China’s population profile for the year 2040 because the overwhelming majority of people who will be living in China in 2040 are already alive and living there today.

  • China’s population is on track to peak in the coming decade and to decline at an accelerating tempo thereafter.

  • China is set to experience an extraordinarily rapid surge of population aging, with especially explosive population growth for the 65-plus group, even as its working-age population progressively shrinks.

  • These trends can only make for serious economic headwinds, presaging the end of China’s era of “heroic economic growth."

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ALSO OF INTEREST
A statistical glimpse at Russia’s multiple demographic and human resource problems
Nicholas Eberstadt | South Central Review | April 17, 2018

China is going to spend decades paying for its one-child policy blunder
Cecilia Joy- Pérez | China US Focus | October 4, 2018

China finally wants more kids. But there are problems
Mark Wang and Cecilia Joy-Perez  | AEIdeas | September 24, 2018


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CHINA ONE CHILD POLICY:  THE IMACT OF IMPLOSION

1/17/2019

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HOW WESTERN DEMOGRAPHY IMPACTS TRENDS IN WARFARE

1/8/2019

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GAO Report Identifies Emerging Security Threats
From AUSA: ““DoD officials said that, with current demographic trends, Western liberal democratic institutions will be tested in new ways as the nature of warfare changes.”” 
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GERMANY BANS CHILD MARRIAGE

12/23/2018

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Germany: New Law Banning Child Marriage Declared Unconstitutional
by Soeren Kern  • 
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