The Falling Fertility of Europe
Europe's birthrate is falling Total Fertility Rate In Europe there are significant decreases in birthrates. The replacement fertility rate is roughly 2.1 births per woman for most industrialized...
View ArticleUnited States Total Fertility Rate Increases
Bryson and Grandpa Born in the U.S.A. Recently I wrote about The Falling Fertility of Europe. Now it is the turn of the United States. The U.S. has one of the highest fertility rates in the West. The...
View ArticleLife Expectancy and Health Care Plans
Organizational Chart of the House Democrats’ Health Plan. Click to enlarge. Courtesy Rep. John Boehner Health Care Debate There has been considerable debate over health care of late and all manner of...
View ArticleWorld Total Fertility Rate Declines
Total Fertility Rate In the last few decades there have been significant decreases in world fertility rates. The replacement fertility rate is roughly 2.1 births per woman for most industrialized...
View ArticleGoogle Plots Fertility Rate
If you cannot see the graph click here or here. Google recently added the World Bank’s World Development Indicators to their existing US unemployment and US population data sets. The World Development...
View ArticleThe Falling Populations of Europe
Living in England in the sixties and seventies, I recall that there was great consternation among the scientists that overpopulation would doom Europe to starvation. It didn’t turn out that way. Today...
View ArticleReal Population Density
Boise Valley, Idaho wheat field around 1920 In the United States, in these times of high unemployment, increasing deficits, and seemingly endless wars, it would be well to count our blessings. One such...
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