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World Population Aging 2006

July 20, 2006 Volume 8, Number 28 World Population Aging 2006 Dear Colleague: World Population Day 2006 witnessed calls for more of the same globally destructive programs. Steven W. Mosher President Few of you likely noticed, but July 11 was World Population Day 2006. On

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From “The New Biopolitics”

This article originally appeared in Democracy: A Journal of Ideas, Summer 2006. Three biopolitical regions are emerging in the twenty-first century. First is an axis of inequality, including India, China, Taiwan, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and parts of nearby East and Asia, which now have approximately 105

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Problems with the New Bio-Politics

Problems With the New Biopolitics Fr some time now, liberal politicians and writers have been wringing their hands over the lack of attractive progressive ideas. Even prominent Democrats complain that their party cannot come up with a program with which to beat weakened Republicans in

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Problems With the New Biopolitics

June 23, 2006 Volume 8 / Number 24 Problems With the New Biopolitics Dear Colleague: An innovative proposal taking demographics into account has come from a new progressive publication.  Unfortunately, it also advocates some bad old ideas. Steven W. Mosher President For some time now, liberal

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Sustainability of the French Social Model

Environmentalists like to talk about sustainability, the conduction of agriculture and other activities so they may continue generation after generation, without destroying the resources on which they depend. A farming method that exhausts the soil over 25 years, rendering the land sterile for future generations,

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Japan’s Future: None?

April 1, 2005Volume 1/ Number 12   Dear Colleague: Japan's fertility rate has not improved despite authorities' efforts.  Will euthanasia, so successfully practiced upon Terri Schiavo in this country, become Japan's method for dealing with a rapidly aging population? Steven W. Mosher President Japan's Future:

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Land of the Setting Sun

June 14, 2000 Volume 2/ Number 11 Dear Friend and Colleague: This week we take a look at a dying country — Japan. What, if anything, can be done to stave off the Japanese demographic collapse? Steven W. Mosher President  Land of the Setting Sun A

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President’s Page: Land of the Setting Sun

A decade ago, the Japanese economic boom appeared unstoppable. The salarimen, as the Japanese middle class are called, were grinding away at their customary 70-hour work week. Economic growth was consistently running at 4 or 5 percent a year. Pundits were predicting that the Japanese

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From the Countries…

Developed population drops but many eat better despite “crowding” The Depopulation of Japan The Japanese Organization for International Cooperation in Family Planning (JOJCFP) wrote in a recent issue of JOICFP News that the most recent figures on Japan’s birthrate are a “cause for concern.” Unlike

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Popcorn: Partying in Kyoto; The agreement with the high price tag

Kyoto cocktails The timing of the United States delegation’s press briefings, held at 7 p.m., daily miffed conference participants at the global warming summit in Kyoto, Japan in early December. Tired from their labors wrestling with the problems of controlling world population and shackling world

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World Population Aging 2006

July 20, 2006 Volume 8, Number 28 World Population Aging 2006 Dear Colleague: World Population Day 2006 witnessed calls for more of the same globally

Read More »

From “The New Biopolitics”

This article originally appeared in Democracy: A Journal of Ideas, Summer 2006. Three biopolitical regions are emerging in the twenty-first century. First is an axis

Read More »

Japan’s Future: None?

April 1, 2005Volume 1/ Number 12   Dear Colleague: Japan's fertility rate has not improved despite authorities' efforts.  Will euthanasia, so successfully practiced upon Terri

Read More »

Land of the Setting Sun

June 14, 2000 Volume 2/ Number 11 Dear Friend and Colleague: This week we take a look at a dying country — Japan. What, if anything,

Read More »

From the Countries…

Developed population drops but many eat better despite “crowding” The Depopulation of Japan The Japanese Organization for International Cooperation in Family Planning (JOJCFP) wrote in

Read More »