demographics

Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics … and Population Graphs

“There are three kinds of lies,” Disraeli once famously remarked. “There are lies, damned lies and statistics.” But we now know, thanks to the United Nations Population Fund, that there is a fourth way to lie as well: the Population Graph. In the run up

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China’s One-Child Policy Toll Reaches 400 Million

In answer to a question from Congressman Tim Huelskamp, a Chinese official has admitted that China’s population control program has cost 400 million lives, a number greater than that of the population of the United States. Over the years, I have been asked many times

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Russia: Musings from The Motherland

Colin Mason, PRI’s Director of Media, writes about his experience of Russia from the ground, and his opinion on what it is going to take to get Russians having babies again. I remember standing in my room in the Cosmos Hotel, sleep-deprived from airports and

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How to Create a Baby Boom in Russia

I write from Moscow, where I am participating in a Demographic Summit. We have an historic opportunity to help reduce, perhaps even outlaw, abortion throughout Russia. There is a bill in the Russian Duma that would place severe restrictions on abortion, saving the lives of

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New Numbers, Same Old Song

What are the population controllers to do when birth rates keep falling? Why, put pressure on the demographers in their employ to fudge the numbers, of course. You will be glad to learn that we all have official permission from the UN people-counters to panic

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Celebrate the Living, But Mourn the Dead

As our numbers pass seven billion, remember that, but for abortion, we would be passing eight. The media is abuzz with news about humanity’s numbers. Sometime during the latter part of this year or early next year—the exact date is still a little fuzzy—there will

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Islamic Terrorism and Fertility

Islamic terrorists have used roadside bombs, car bombs and plane bombs in their attacks on us. Might the Islamic “population bomb” be their next weapon of choice? The demographic sophisticates who read this column know that the population bomb has fizzled, that the world’s population

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The Overpopulation Movement Struggles to Stay Relevant

Like aging sixties radicals seeking to relive their glory days, the fear mongers at the Optimum Population Trust (OPT) are still trying to scare us with the specter of overpopulation.  The trouble is, the world has moved on, even if they haven’t.  The latest move

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New Numbers, Same Old Song

What are the population controllers to do when birth rates keep falling? Why, put pressure on the demographers in their employ to fudge the numbers,

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