The New Economics Of Fertility
People and economies will prosper if policymakers help women combine career and family. Read More Here
View ArticleAgeing Is The Real Population Bomb
The most formidable demographic challenge facing the world is no longer rapid population growth, but population ageing. Thoughtful preparedness—combining behavioural changes, investment in human...
View ArticleChina’s Population Marks First Decline In 60 Years
Mainland China’s overall population fell in 2022, illustrating how widespread shifts to pro-natalist policies are not producing the desired results. Read More Here
View ArticleBiden’s Foreign Policy Is a Mess
President Joe Biden’s desire to protect U.S. workers and boost U.S.-based industries has found itself at odds with the imperative of building an alliance to contain the threat of China. Read More Here
View ArticleThe Long Reach of China’s Demographic Destiny
Although China is on the verge of escaping the dreaded “middle-income trap,” it is aging fast and facing significant economic headwinds as a result. After underpinning the unbalanced and ultimately...
View ArticleWhose AI Revolution?
Following rapid, profound advances in artificial intelligence, governments around the world are considering how best to regulate the sector, and divergent approaches are already emerging. In the...
View ArticleTharman’s win may hasten Singapore’s PM succession
Tharman Shanmugaratnam’s election as president raises inconvenient questions for the ruling PAP but ultimately helps it. Read More Here
View ArticleChina’s Population-Control Disaster
The historical evolution of China’s birth-control policies and its failed efforts to maintain them, even in the face of population decline, may hold the key to understanding the government’s...
View ArticleIs Chinese Youth Unemployment As Bad As It Looks?
China’s exceptional growth in recent decades has influenced the education and career choices of young people and their families. But now that high-skilled jobs are drying up and recent graduates are...
View ArticleGender Norms and Women’s Double Burden in East Asia
South Korea, Japan, and China share similar issues with entrenched gender norms regarding childcare and employment, which are being reflected in their plunging birthrates. Read More Here
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