Population

Pitfalls of an Aging China

John Lee | Jan 02, 2013

Rising social costs, shrinking labor pools, nonperforming loans, a distorted economy and more—an in-depth look at the huge challenge facing Beijing.

Global demographic explosions are mixing with population busts—and the consequences could be serious. As some countries get older and others younger, will demography be the key to the wars of our century?

Feeding Frenzy

Javier Blas | Jul 02, 2008

Wars for oil? Food fights now seem more likely, because we’re paying the price for not keeping up with rising emerging-market demand. Yet there’s light at the end of the tunnel—increasing supply isn’t an impossible task.

Migration and the Dynamics of Empire

James Kurth | Mar 01, 2003

Do all roads lead to the new (American) Rome? The imperial task has always been affected by the movement of peoples. It still is.

The Law of Increasing Returns

Ronald Bailey | Mar 01, 2000

Malthus had things exactly backward. So do his heirs. In both cases, the mistake is to ignore the role of ideas.

Asia Tomorrow, Gray and Male

Nicholas Eberstadt | Sep 01, 1998

Barring the contingency of utter catastrophe, we can already estimate, often in surprising detail, what lies in store for East Asia in demographic terms over the next fifteen to twenty years.

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