March Archive

Oh (French) Canada!

Marcus Roberts | 07 March 2012

Will the 2011 Canadian census figures show a continuing decline in the number of Canadians with French as their "mother tongue"?

Changing workforce numbers

Marcus Roberts | 05 March 2012

The Economist has released some data on the changing numbers of workers in various countries.

February Archive

The Propoganda Changes; the Coercion Remains

Marcus Roberts | 29 February 2012

The Chinese Government tries to soften the propoganda around its one child policy.

Food for All

Marcus Roberts | 27 February 2012

A short video on the food "shortage"

Sex Selective Abortions in the UK

Marcus Roberts | 24 February 2012

A sting operation in the Uk reveal some alarming abortion practices.

The Global War Against Baby Girls - Part III

Marcus Roberts | 22 February 2012

The final part on Nicholas Eberstadt's article on female feticide.

Part II of the Global War Against Girls – the Rest of the World

Marcus Roberts | 20 February 2012

Eberstadt's article moves on to look at the lack of baby girls in the rest of the world apart from China.

“The Global War on Baby Girls” Part I

Marcus Roberts | 17 February 2012

A look at Nicholas Eberstadt's piece on sex-selective feticide that is prevalent in China.

Putin Wants More Babies

Marcus Roberts | 15 February 2012

Putin has set out his policy platform on demography in his presidential re-election bid.

Technology, Heathcare and the Elderly

Marcus Roberts | 13 February 2012

A new S&P report is blaming new technology, not a greying population, on rising healthcare costs.

Oh Canada!

Marcus Roberts | 10 February 2012

Canada's latest census figures show an increasing and ageing population.

US Centenarians - Not as Common as Once Thought

Marcus Roberts | 08 February 2012

New research has overturned the assumption that mortality rates flatten out above the age of 80.

Auckland -1.5 million strong

Marcus Roberts | 07 February 2012

My home city has just hit 1.5 million people.

A New UN Report on our Impending Overpopulation

Marcus Roberts | 01 February 2012

Another UN report that seems heavy on headline grabbing but light on concrete proposals.

January Archive

Japanese Earthquakes -  Natural and Demographic

Marcus Roberts | 31 January 2012

The effect of last year's earthquake is exacerbating Japan's economic problems that demography is causing.

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