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Global Socio-Demographic Trends Over the Next Twenty Years

Apr 30, 2012

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in Demography, Economic Development, Education, Gender and Sex, Globalization, Human Progress, Sociology, Technology (Digital, Telecom, & Internet), Trends: Economic, Trends: Social, Wealth and Income

EUISS: Global Trends 2030 According to the United Nations (UN), by 2030 the world population will reach 8.3 billion. Millions of these individuals are being empowered by the social and technological progress of the last decades. The main drivers of this trend are, first and foremost, the global emergence of the middle class, particularly in…

WSI: Other Measures

Jul 29, 2008

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in Economics, Education, Poverty, Series: World Social Indicators 2008, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

The relationship between longer lives, more income, greater freedom, and other aspects of prosperity also show up in other indicators. Here are just three: Keep in mind that the world's population has nearly doubled over the time elapsed in these graphs. Thus, the absolute numbers grow rapidly if the percentages are increasing. I could go…

MEC: Other Trends in Prosperity

Mar 20, 2008

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in Economics, Education, Great Divergence, Human Progress, Politics, Poverty, Public Policy, Series: Must Everything Change?, Sociology, Trends: Social

The previous two posts have illustrated the improvement in prosperity spreading across the globe as measured by long life and the soaring improvements in economic status. But there is at least one other measure of prosperity we need to visit as we assess Brian McLaren's Everything Must Change. What about political freedom and civil liberties?…

The world’s silver lining

Jan 24, 2008

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in Asia, China, Economic Development, Economics, Education, Environment, Globalization, Great Divergence, Health and Medicine, Human Progress, Poverty, Technology, Wealth and Income, Weatlh and Income Distribution

The Economist: The world's silver lining (Note: To my Emergent friends in particular, specifically those who are enamored with Brian McLaren's Everything Must Change, and the popular video clip by the radical left Tides Foundation called The Story of Stuff. Here are the consequences of our modern economy (or as McLaren refers to it, "The…

Coming US challenge: a less literate workforce

Feb 6, 2007

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in Education

Christian Science Monitor: Coming US challenge: a less literate workforce A larger share of workers will have minimal reading skills in 2030 than today, according to a report released Monday. US workers may be significantly less literate in 2030 than they are today. The reason: Most baby boomers will be retiring and a large wave…

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Global Socio-Demographic Trends Over the Next Twenty Years

WSI: Other Measures

MEC: Other Trends in Prosperity

The world’s silver lining

Coming US challenge: a less literate workforce