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by Julien Benda · 14 Oct 2006 · 190pp · 63,975 words
the morality which the over-populated nations hear from many of their thinkers, while the other nations hear from many of theirs that if their low birth-rate continues they will become the objects of a “legitimate” extermination. The rights of numerousness admitted by men who claim to belong to the life of
After Europe
by Ivan Krastev · 7 May 2017 · 100pp · 31,338 words
it comes to sexual life. But for many conservatives, gay marriages signify fewer kids and further demographic decline. For an eastern European nation haunted by low birth rates and migration, the endorsement of gay culture is like endorsing your own disappearance. The demand of central Europeans that borders be closed is also a
Border: A Journey to the Edge of Europe
by Kapka Kassabova · 4 Sep 2017 · 361pp · 107,679 words
the Iron Curtain was in place ethnic Turks still accounted for 8 per cent of the population. By the 1980s, because of the depressed Bulgarians’ low birth rate and the slightly higher birth rate of ethnic Turks (who were less urbanised), the 8 per cent was more like 10. What if, in another
The Emperor Far Away: Travels at the Edge of China
by David Eimer · 13 Aug 2014 · 316pp · 103,743 words
. They were seen as a threat to the stability of Yanbian, their presence redressing the decline in the number of Chinese Koreans caused by their low birth rate and emigration to other parts of Dongbei. The CCP feared also the impact of the migrants on Yanbian’s already precarious economy, as they were
The Great Firewall of China
by James Griffiths; · 15 Jan 2018 · 453pp · 114,250 words
Australia, and he encouraged Badiucao to look into it. With the ruthless pragmatism of true Shanghaiers, they chose Adelaide, where, because of South Australia’s low birth rate, a young immigrant like Badiucao was worth more in the country’s points-based visa system. From his new sanctuary, Badiucao began posting to Weibo
Profit Over People: Neoliberalism and Global Order
by Noam Chomsky · 6 Sep 2011
caused serious nutritional deficits, deterioration in the supply of safe drinking water, and sharp decline in availability of medicines and medical information, leading to a low birth rate, epidemics of neurological and other diseases with tens of thousands of victims, and other severe health consequences. “Health and nutrition standards have been devastated by
The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis
by Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac · 25 Feb 2020 · 197pp · 49,296 words
and neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s visit the doctor more frequently in hot weather. Excessive heat also increases the risk of premature births and low birth rates. Cited in Manuel Planelles, “More Than a Feeling: Summers in Spain Really Are Getting Longer and Hotter,” El País, April 3, 2019, https://elpais.com
The Idea of Decline in Western History
by Arthur Herman · 8 Jan 1997 · 717pp · 196,908 words
of la France dégénerée (the title of an anonymous pamphlet from 1872) permeated debates on every aspect of social policy, including alcoholism, illegitimacy, crime, and low birth rates, as well as political corruption. The result was an orgy of national self-examination and reproach, in which both Morel and Lombroso were applied indiscriminately
Refuge: Transforming a Broken Refugee System
by Alexander Betts and Paul Collier · 29 Mar 2017
post-conflict Syria. The skills of the teacher may be less suited to Italy: tuition is obviously in Italian, and the society has an exceptionally low birth rate. As we discussed above, the teacher may not have been able to teach while in the camp. But other Syrian teachers have taken the opportunity
The Return of Marco Polo's World: War, Strategy, and American Interests in the Twenty-First Century
by Robert D. Kaplan · 6 Mar 2018 · 247pp · 78,961 words
that the American death toll in Iraq is many times lower than that in Vietnam, and that aversion to casualties has become a feature of low-birth-rate, postindustrial democratic societies. But I am also aware that when I and others supported a war to liberate Iraq, we never fully or accurately contemplated
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Forward: Notes on the Future of Our Democracy
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The Coming Anarchy: Shattering the Dreams of the Post Cold War
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Fodor's Venice and Northern Italy
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