Population : the global crash

The world is ill-prepared for the coming global crash in children being born.  Falling fertility rates mean nearly every country could have shrinking populations by the end of the century.   23 nations – including Spain and Japan – are expected to see their populations halve by 2100. and there will be as many people turning 80 …

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Getting out of the UK. Phew!

The number of British nationals emigrating  to other EU countries has risen by 30% since the Brexit referendum, with half making their decision to leave in the first three months after the vote, research has found.  (Bravo. Ed.) Analysis of data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and Eurostat shows that migration …

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Iceland: The dark underbelly of sexual equality

Iceland has long enjoyed a reputation as a paragon of sexual equality. For the past 11 years, it has led the World Economic Forum’s Gender Gap Index, and its women benefit from high levels of education and equality in the workplace. But this masks some “insidious problems in Icelandic society”, say Sigrún Sif Jóelsdóttir and …

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