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From 1 in 3 births to 1 in 15 — builder populations vanishing

The Builders Are Dying: How the Populations That Made the Modern World Are Disappearing — And What Happens Next →

Foreign-born populations tripled since 1970

The Gates of Nations: How Every Civilisation in History Controlled Immigration — Until the West Stopped →

€800 billion: Europe rearming at unprecedented speed

Europe Rearms: Why The Continent That Invented Total War Is Spending €800 Billion On Defence →

US newspaper jobs down 80% since 1990

The Death Of The Fourth Estate: What The Collapse Of Newspapers Means For Democracy, Power, And Truth →

No country has recovered from sub-1.5 fertility

The Great Emptying: How Collapsing Birth Rates Will Reshape Power, Politics And People →

Manufacturing fell from 30% to 11% of US GDP

The Return of the State Factory: Why Nations That Forgot How To Make Things Are Remembering →

US federal regulations grew 18x since 1950

Who Guards The Guards? Bureaucracy, Empire, And The Eternal Struggle To Control The State →

Launch costs fell from $54,500 to $200/kg

The Scramble For The Solar System: Why The Next Colonial Race Has Already Begun →

India made 78,500 content removal requests in 2024

The Silence Of The Scribes: How Every Civilisation That Controlled Speech Collapsed →

South Korea: 0.72 children per woman

Let's Talk About Sex: Does The Separation Of Pleasure And Procreation Mean The End Of People? →

Taiwan makes 63% of the world's advanced chips

Why China Could Invade Taiwan – And Get Away With It →

60+ revolutions in 350 years

What Does It Take To Get Europeans To Have A Revolution? →

Solar costs fell 99% in 40 years

The renewables and battery revolution. What history teaches us about the future. →

Western dominance was a 200-year anomaly

The Rise of the West Was Based on Luck. That Has Run Out. →

Nearly half of Soviet men aged 18-30 were killed in WW2

The Unintended Consequences of War: How the Loss of Young Men Transformed Women's Roles in Society and ushered in the Welfare State →

COVID accelerated deglobalisation by a decade

The Long Term Impact of Covid 19 →

North Africa will outnumber Southern Europe by 2030

The North African Threat And Mediterranean Reunification →

Human life expectancy: from 30 to 150 years

The 150 Year Life: How Radical Longevity Will Transform Our World →

Robot costs falling below human labour

Robotics And Slavery →

By 2100, Africa will have 4 billion people

History Is Written By The Winners. And Europeans Are Losing. →

A loaf of bread cost 3 billion Marks by 1923

Debt Jubilees And Hyperinflation – Why History Shows That This Might Be The Way Forward For Us All →

Japan's Workforce Gap: Who Does the Work When the Workers Are Gone?

When the Servants Are Silicon: What History's Leisure Classes Reveal About the AI Age →

White British Share of Population, England and Wales, 1961–2061

A Nation Transformed: Britain's Demographic Revolution, 1948–2050 →

The Great Crossover: G7 vs Emerging Asia Share of Global Manufacturing

The Great Offshoring: How the World's Factory Moved East →

Hofstede Individualism Score by Country (Proxy for Guilt vs. Shame Orientation)

The Invisible Judge: Why Guilt and Shame Societies Are Incompatible →

The Arithmetic of Extinction

The Empty Cradle Bargain: Why Falling Birth Rates Are Everyone's Problem →

Global Literacy Rates Over Five Thousand Years

The New Literacy: How AI Is Killing The Scribes And What Happens Next →

Fertility Rates vs Robot Density: The Two Paths

The Robot Bargain: How AI Will Save Ageing Nations From The Immigration Trap →

Interest Rates and Asset Bubbles

Keynes And Hayek Are Both Dead, And Wrong →

Foreign-Born Population in European Countries

What The History Of Immigration Teaches Us About Europe’s Future →

Vertical Farming vs Conventional Agriculture

Vertical Farming: The Electrical Convergence of Power, Transport and Agriculture →

UK Farm Income: Subsidy Dependence

Hinkley Point Decision Is Really About China And Brexit →

Colonial Powers Through History

China Has Many Of The Characteristics Of An Emerging Colonial Power. How Does It Compare Historically? →

The Food Gap: Production Capacity vs Population

Dealing With The Consequences Of Climate Change Inaction: The Impact Of Food →

Foreign Land Acquisitions in Africa

Why Land Deals In Africa Could Make The Great Irish Famine A Minor Event →

Winners and Losers of the Energy Transition

Who Are The Losers In The Energy Revolution? →

Global Military Spending vs Energy Trade Value

Why Do We Need The Military? Securing Energy Supplies And Trade Routes →

Sector Employment Shifts: 250 Years

Where Are All The Jobs Going? Lessons From The First Industrial Revolution. And 150 Years Of Pain. →

The Paradox: Immigration Rising as Robot Capability Increases

The Paradox of Mass Migration and Robots in the Age of Automation →

Lifecycle Cost of Imported vs Domestic Products

Why Buying Cheap Imported Products Is More Expensive For Individuals And Not Just Society →

Four Waves of British Immigration to America

Roots: A Historical Understanding Of Climate Change Denial, Creationism And Slavery – 1629-1775 →

Platform Technology Adoption Timelines

The Fusion of Revolutionary Technologies: Unlocking Humanity's Greatest Transformation →

The True Cost of a "Cheap" Imported Product

Jobs: First, Get Rid Of Expensive Westerners. Second, Get Rid Of People Entirely →

Oil Price Volatility vs Proposed Price Floor

Establishing A Price Floor For Energy →

The Political Alignment Shift on Environmentalism

Green Is Not Red, But Blue: Environmentalism And The Mystery Of Right Wing Opposition →

The Faustian Bargain: 500 Years of Western Expansion and Retreat

Crisis: Or An Explanation On The Origins Of The Decline Of The West →

European Utility Share Prices: The Collapse

Big European Electricity Utilities Are Facing An Existential Crisis. How Did This Happen And What Should They Do? →