I recently came across an interesting paper at Brookings by Wang Feng, The Future of a Demographic Overachiever: Long-Term Implications of the Demographic Transition in China. The title of the paper is self-explanatory as to the subject. Through his research, Wang found a consistent continual demographic decline in China. This is not necessarily news, but […]
Who’s afraid of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor’s fondness of “mucho platos de arroz, gandoles y pernir—rice, beans and pork”? The Grand Old Party, apparently. I think that if there are questions about the influence of patitas de cerdo con garbanzo on her judicial philosophy during the confirmation hearings, it will be immensely entertaining for […]