2024-08-14 10:00:39 +0300

China's Demographics Spell Decline Not Domination

Logo Bloomberg
Bloomberg
By Niall Ferguson

Demography isn’t destiny. If population size was history’s major determinant, China might have conquered Europe in the 15th century, and Britain certainly would not have conquered India in the 18th.

Little countries are capable of great things. Wee Scotland, the population of which was perhaps 1.3 million in the mid-18th century, made an outsized contribution to the Enlightenment, the Industrial Revolution and the expansion of the British Empire. Big countries can amount to very little. By population, Indonesia is the world’s fourth-largest country. But most Americans are barely aware of its existence.

AD
AD

Continue read on bloomberg.com

AD
Logo Nasdaq
Business / FinanceBy Bitcoin Magazine2024-08-06 04:00:00 +0300
There is historical precedent for Chinas resistance to bitcoin, a money that enables freedom and individual pursuit of capital. This is an opinion editorial...

Logo U.S. News & World Report
PoliticsBy Associated Press2024-08-08 00:05:38 +0300
MUIRFIELD, Scotland (AP) Ashleigh Buhai recovered from throwing away a five-shot lead at the Womens British Open by beating In Gee Chun in a playoff Sunday...

Logo The Guardian
PoliticsBy Simon Jenkins2024-07-25 18:52:19 +0300
The Brexit slogan Take back control was always a lie. Boris Johnson, in a long boast about his so-called achievements in the Sunday Express yesterday, wrote...

Logo Benzinga
MarketsBy Sam Msiska2024-08-08 17:17:04 +0300
Countries in Southeast Asia are experiencing serious growth in e-commerce. E-commerce sales are expected to reach nearly $90 billion this year, up about $16...

Logo Nasdaq
Business / FinanceBy Coin Desk2024-07-20 20:40:37 +0300
Tell me if youve heard this story before. A vast new market opens up, and an investment and credit boom soon follows. Real wealth is created alongside a...

Logo The Conversation US
PoliticsBy Deepa Das Acevedo2024-08-12 15:16:46 +0300
India will celebrate its 75th birthday on Aug. 15, 2022. Its independence from British colonial rule followed a complex process, including Partition : the...

Logo Bloomberg
PoliticsBy Clara Ferreira Marques2024-07-24 10:00:19 +0300
Dictators are rarely funny. Even ones who cultivate bare-chested, bear-hugging personas and have a penchant for extra-long tables. In more than 20 years of...

Logo U.S. News & World Report
PoliticsBy Associated Press2024-07-20 17:02:15 +0300
LONDON (AP) Britain's government on Wednesday gave the green light to a new nuclear power station that's expected to generate enough low-carbon electricity...

Logo The Guardian
PoliticsBy Kenan Malik2024-07-31 09:00:47 +0300
We rented a garret, for which we paid (I think) 25s a year, bought a few second-hand forms and desks, borrowed a few chairs from the people in the house,...

Logo The Guardian
PoliticsBy Nesrine Malik2024-07-25 08:00:28 +0300
One of the most bewildering things Ive come across as an adult immigrant to the UK, after the price of train tickets and separate hot and cold water taps, is...

Logo Benzinga
Business / FinanceBy Pr Newswire2024-07-28 07:00:00 +0300
Far... Beyond the Starry Sky: Second Edition from Christian Faith Publishing author Vernal E. Richardson is an enjoyable reflection on the author's life...

Logo Nasdaq
MarketsBy The Motley Fool2024-07-31 13:00:00 +0300
In 2020, the United States had a gross domestic product (GDP) per capita of $63,487. In the same year, healthcare spending per capita hit $11,945, implying...

Logo Nasdaq
Business / FinanceBy The Motley Fool2024-08-12 17:45:00 +0300
The best companies are expert at constantly innovating and reinventing themselves in response to an ever-changing world. When old tactics aren't going to cut...

Logo The Independent
PoliticsBy Colin Drury2024-08-03 12:09:36 +0300
On the manicured lawns of Peter and Marjorie Marshs home Aston Hall; a 15th century pile 150 guests sit around trestle tables enjoying a hog roast and...

Logo Benzinga
Business / FinanceBy Globe Newswire2024-07-19 21:43:19 +0300
DAYTON, Ohio, July 19, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CareSource, a nationally recognized nonprofit health plan, is proud to be Certified by Great Place to Work....

Logo Benzinga
Business / FinanceBy Globe Newswire2024-07-20 14:07:10 +0300
New York, July 20, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Reportlinker.com announces the release of the report Social Media Management Market Forecast to 2028 - COVID-19...

Logo ING Economics
Post-Pelosi sigh of relief lifts Asian markets - focus shifts to US jobs report Macro outlook Global markets : US equities ran out of steam yesterday ahead...

Logo Benzinga
CryptocurrenciesBy Asia Broadband2024-07-25 15:38:00 +0300
At the time of writing, Bitcoin and Ethereum have made a break for it and the whole crypto chart is reading green. And yet, at the same time, UK inflation...

Logo EIN Presswire
Business / FinancePress Release2024-07-18 09:48:20 +0300
Philip Austin Brooks and Makedonka Brooks, Founder Little Butterflies Learning Center Philip Austin Brooks and Makedonka Brooks, Founder Little Butterflies...

Logo EIN Presswire
PoliticsPress Release2024-07-19 20:00:43 +0300
1) Stop Settlements in Tamil Areas 2) Police, Land & Financial Powers to Provincial Councils 3) North & East Provincial Councils directly receive...