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The World Bank recently released its Total Fertility Rate (TFR) estimates for 2023.  read more »

Think what you will of President Trump’s chaotic-seeming tariff policies. The ostensible goal — the revitalisation of US manufacturing — is of decisive importance for the success of the nation.  read more »

Serious question, occasioned by evidence and experience: Do some members of California’s political class actually want people to die horrific deaths in wildfires and other natural disasters? Because they’re sure acting like it.  read more »

Rail transit is finally getting the attention it deserves in Washington, DC. Early this month, Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) released a report describing billion-dollar boondoggles.  read more »

The Road as America's Mirror

America has always defined itself by the road. Our highways are more than infrastructure; they are metaphors for freedom, movement, and agency.  read more »

1: Introduction

Demographia World Urban Areas (Built-up Urban Areas or Urban Agglomerations) is the only regularly published inventory of population, corresponding land area and population density for urban areas  read more »

Most people may not realize that the underground black tar commonly referred to as crude oil is essentially useless unless refined  read more »

A single streetlamp glows over a shuttered storefront, paint cracked and signage faded to near illegibility.  read more »

“The first step onto the corporate ladder is vanishing for many new graduates,” argued a recent Fortune report. As a result, CEOs are warning that entry-level jobs are on the brink of extinction, with internships and opportunities for college graduates drying up.  read more »

In May, Michael Polsky, the CEO of Chicago-based Invenergy, appeared on Fox Business to announce that his company was awarding some $1.7 billion in contracts to build the long-delayed Grain Belt Express transmission project.  read more »