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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.
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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....  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.  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.  
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 […]  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"  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
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Read this publication online. View a printable copy. 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  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.””   Declining fertility in America
Lyman Stone | American Enterprise Institute Birth rates in America are declining, which will likely have far-reaching negative economic consequences. Policymakers must confront the reality that all our long-term obligations will have to be financed with fewer people (or more immigrants) than most actuarial projections assume.   Work, skills, and community: Restoring opportunity for the working class
Robert Doar, Ryan Streeter, and W. Bradford Wilcox | American Enterprise Institute, Opportunity America, and Brookings Institution In a new bipartisan report, AEI scholars offer budget-neutral recommendations to restore opportunities for working-class communities amid changing demographics and rising polarization. 
  Saudi Arabia's Crisis Is Economic And Demographic
mentioning Samuel Tadros, Hoover Institution via AEI There is an assumption in Washington that Saudi Arabia is in a state of crisis. The US-Saudi bilateral relationship is shaken, but the outrage over the murder of Jamal Khashoggi has also seeped into Saudi domestic politics, not in an upheaval in the leadership or direct threat to the crown prince, but in an increasing awareness on the part of the king that citizens need reassurance. THE SEXUAL STATE: A LOOK AT COERCION AND IDENTITY POLITICS & HOW UNIVERSITIES CORRUPT THE YOUNG11/3/2018  “With the Help of the State
”Rev. James V. Schall, S.J. “It’s time to face up to the harms the Sexual Revolution has caused. Whether you’re male or female, straight or gay, young or old, religious or irreligious: what kind of a world do you want to help create? A world in which every child has a legally recognized right to a relationship with both parents? […] |
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