The global population peak

Seniors in the U.S. and across Western developed nations are reaping a social security bonanza funded by younger workers and mountains of debt the old will never have to pay off

No, net inward migration is currently falling sharply, following a massive post-Brexit surge (the “Boriswave”). That wave peaked in 2023 and since then numbers have been dropping rapidly. In 2024, tot

The Boriswave

aeon.co In 2008, we “quietly passed a tremendous benchmark”, says Maryam Aslany. For the first time in history, the proportion of people living in the countryside fell below 50%. Today, the figure is

What the scientists are saying…

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