A U.S. with One Billion People ‘Would be Amazing’
By so many objectives measures, and on a daily basis, the U.S. goes further down the rabbit hole on matters across the... Read More
Population Growth: Overlooked Cause of Astronomical Housing Costs in California
Astronomical: the cost of housing in San Francisco (Telegraph Hill District) California has a serious housing affordability crisis on its hands. It... Read More
California Daily Shines Light, Inadvertently, on RAISE Act Benefits
Its vacation’s almost over, California Assembly Returns Soon to Vote on SB 54. The Sacramento Bee recently published a story that, perhaps... Read More
As U.S. Population Rises, Groundwater Levels Fall
A new analysis by the Alexandria, Virginia-based group Negative Population Growth (NPG) finds that rapid U.S. population growth is stressing both the... Read More
California Education System Overwhelmed, Can’t Keep up with Student Population Growth
CSU to end remedial English, math classes. Each year, according to a recent New York Times story, about a third of incoming... Read More
Freaking Out Over Falling Fertility Rates
In 1986, demographers Michael Teitelbaum and Jay Winter wrote a prophetic book entitled The Fear of Population Decline. In the three decades... Read More
High Population Density Pollutes Beaches (Sometimes)
Around the world, one of the typical consequences of high human population density in coastal zones is polluted beaches, or to be... Read More
California: Housing Shortage or People Overage?
Last month, a lead Los Angeles Times story focused on California’s housing shortage, especially acute in the low and very low income... Read More
On World Population Day, Ignorance and Apathy Rule
July 11 is World Population Day. Originally conceived in 1989 by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), this global event aims to... Read More
Big Island Reality: Population Pressures Everywhere
Within less than an hour after deplaning at the Kona International Airport on Hawaii’s Big Island, tourists who may have envisioned an... Read More