Demography – Kruse Kronicle

Calmly Considered: Global Population– Will It Become Standing Room Only?

Mar 31, 2023

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On this episode of Calmly Considered, Michael and Allan discuss the growing global population, its implications for the future and why it's important for the followers of Jesus.

Calmly Considered: Global Living Conditions– Better or Worse?

Dec 22, 2021

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in Calmly Considered Podcast Video, Demography, Economic Development, Economics, Globalization, Sociology, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social, Weatlh and Income Distribution

Are global living conditions getting better or worse? There are three simultaneous truths: Living conditions are awful for a great many. Living conditions are better than they ever have been, by far. Living conditions can be improved and the trajectory is in a positive direction. Join Allen Bevere and me as we calmly consider global…

Calmly Considered: Immigration– The Biblical Witness and Current Challenges

Dec 3, 2021

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in Calmly Considered Podcast Video, Demography, Immigration, Politics, Public Policy

Immigration is a complex topic. Unfortunately, our public discourse produces much more heat than light on the topic. Allan Bevere and I recently had a conversation that only skims the topic, but maybe it will provide some food for thought and encourage helpful conversation.

The World Is Becoming A Better Place To Live For Most People

Jul 23, 2021

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in Demography, Economic Development, Great Divergence, Human Progress, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social, Wealth and Income, Weatlh and Income Distribution

The great majority of people throughout most of human history have precariously been able to subsist. (See Level 1 below.) A great divergence began just over two centuries ago. Global life expectancy at birth has more than doubled, and abject poverty as a percentage of the population has declined. The average life expectancy at birth…

Globalization. Its Passing Has Been Greatly Exaggerated

Mar 11, 2021

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in Demography, Economic Development, Globalization, Trends: Economic

From researchers Steven A. Altman and Phillip Bastian: Despite recent trade turbulence, the ratio of gross exports to world GDP is still remarkably close to its all-time high. Even after falling from a peak of 32% in 2008 to 29% in 2019, this measure of global trade integration is still 20% higher than it was…

COVID-19 Is Not Just The Flu

May 5, 2020

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in Covid Pandemic, Demography, Health and Medicine

In mid-April, Bill Bennett said COVID-19 is no big deal. Projections showed 60,000 deaths, about the same as the flu. Our stringent "stay-at-home" measures were unnecessary. It is faulty reasoning on several counts. As I noted on Facebook, "We didn't lock down the country to try to prevent 60,000 deaths; we locked down the country…

Maternal Mortality Rates Are 27 Times Higher Globally Than In Europe. Why That Is A Good Thing

Oct 16, 2019

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in Demography, Economic Development, Globalization, Great Divergence, Health and Medicine, Human Progress, Trends: Social

The chart below is based on maternal mortality rates, the number of women per 100,000 who die from pregnancy-related causes in a year. The first bar shows how many women die each year, while the second bar shows how many would die if they had Europe's living standards. What conclusions would you draw? The global…

Why Population Control Is Not The Answer to Climate Change

Oct 1, 2019

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in Demography, Economics, Environment, Great Divergence, Poverty, Public Policy, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

Population control is sometimes championed as a way to fight climate change. Bernie Sanders recently raised this idea. The world population is growing. There are 7.7 billion people today. According to United Nations estimates, there will be nearly 11 billion in 2100. Extra people mean extra CO2 emissions. While two children per woman may seem…

Global Childhood Deaths In Steep Decline

Aug 9, 2019

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in Demography, Economic Development, Great Divergence, Health and Medicine, Human Progress, Trends: Social

Worldwide, there were 12.6 million deaths of children under five in 1990. As of 2017, there were 5.4 million. Keep in mind that the world population grew by 50% during this time. Had death rates continued at the 1990 rate, there would have been about 19 million childhood deaths. (Where in the world are children…

Our ancestors did not live in balance with nature. They died in balance with it.

Aug 1, 2019

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in Demography, Great Divergence, Health and Medicine, Human Progress

One of the most important observations (among many) from the late Hans Roslings' Factfulness: When a population is not growing over a long period of time, and the population curve is flat, this must mean that each generation of new parents is the same size as the previous one. For thousands of years up to…

Category: Demography