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- Populism and the Economics of Globalization [pdf] https://drodrik.scholar.harvard.edu/files/dani-rodrik/files/populism_and_the_economics_of_globalization.pdf 208 comments
- Populism is the result of global economic failure https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/mar/26/populism-is-the-result-of-global-economic-failure?CMP=share_btn_fb 39 comments
- Populism is the result of global economic failure https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/mar/26/populism-is-the-result-of-global-economic-failure 47 comments politics
- Declining Population Could Reduce Global Economic Growth By 40% http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2015/01/14/declining-population-could-reduce-global-economic-growth-by-40/ 14 comments economy
- The Great People Shortage is coming — and it's going to cause global economic chaos | Researchers predict that the world's population will decline in the next 40 years due to declining birth rates — and it will cause a massive shortage of workers. | Do you think this will affect Boglehead viability? https://www.businessinsider.com/great-labor-shortage-looming-population-decline-disaster-global-economy-2022-10 249 comments bogleheads
- The Great People Shortage is coming — and it's going to cause global economic chaos | Researchers predict that the world's population will decline in the next 40 years due to declining birth rates — and it will cause a massive shortage of workers. https://www.businessinsider.com/great-labor-shortage-looming-population-decline-disaster-global-economy-2022-10 6882 comments futurology
- World population likely to shrink after mid-century, forecasting major shifts in global population and economic power https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200715150444.htm 118 comments worldnews
- The Infinite Global Economic Growth Killing Most of Life on Earth, Risking Collapse of Civilization. In the last 5 yrs, Animal populations are declining 68% worldwide, 84% decline in amphibians, reptiles, and fishes, 94% decline in South America. 5 billion people will be shortage of water. https://flifle.com/perjensen/the-infinite-global-economy-growth-killing-most-of-life-on-earth-risking-the-collapse-of-civilization/ 82 comments environment
- The challenges and opportunities of a growing global population - Before the year is up, the global human population is expected to surpass the 8 billion mark. Along with it will come environmental challenges, but also great economic opportunity. https://thred.com/change/the-challenges-and-opportunities-of-a-growing-global-population/ 110 comments futurology
- New study predicts coastal protection could limit migration to 17 to 72 million people during the 21st century—less than half of some previous estimates. From a purely economic point of view, it makes sense to protect about 3% of global coastline—mainly around densely populated cities & floodplains. https://news.agu.org/press-release/coastal-protection-can-significantly-reduce-migration-from-sea-level-rise/ 3 comments science
- The global impact of human activities on the natural environment is extensive, but those impacts are expanding at a slower rate than the rate of economic and population growth. http://phys.org/news/2016-08-human-footprint-surprisingly-outpaced-population.html 4 comments science
- Jørgen Randers, co-author of 'Limits of Growth, which highlighted the impacts of exponential economic and population growth on a planet with finite resources says, "It is cost-effective to postpone global climate action. It is profitable to let the world go to hell." http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2015/jan/19/davos-climate-action-democracy-failure-jorgen-randers 31 comments worldnews
- Pope to Davos elite: ‘Humanity must be served by wealth, not ruled by it’. Pope Francis has urged global finance leaders assembled at the Davos World Economic Forum to use their vast wealth for the service for humanity, instead of leaving large portions of the world population mired in poverty http://rt.com/news/davos-pope-francis-wealth-983/ 4 comments worldnews
- The European Origins of Economic Development: "47 percent of average global development levels today are attributable to Europeans. One of our most surprising findings is the positive effect of even a small minority European population during the colonial period on per capita income today" http://www.nber.org/papers/w18162 9 comments science