Demography Goes Mainstream

(1) More concern about the extinction prediction. (2) The rest of the world is catching up to Japan’s birth dearth problem. (3) A new book predicts an “empty planet.” (So it should be easier to make a reservation at good restaurants.) (4) Hungary running out of goulash eaters. (5) It’s official: China’s maternity wards are emptying out as its nursing homes fill up. (6) Chinese producing more debt, fewer babies. (7) Stimulating baby-making with incentives in Russia. (8) Round up the usual suspects: US DOJ has a long rap sheet on Chinese spies.