Capital has a responsibility—to shareholders and to society—to fund the things that actually bend the productivity curve.

C. Jessica Metcalf, a professor of ecology, evolutionary biology, and public affairs at Princeton, is a demographer who studies the spread of infectious diseases. Her work on health policy has special ...

These are challenging times for brand. One challenge cannot be controlled. This is the challenge of demography. This challenge will require brands to leverage strategic dexterity and insightful ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is professor of globalisation and development at Oxford university and the author of ‘Rescue: From ...

Jack Goldstone ("The New Population Bomb," January/February 2010) offers interesting insights regarding demographic trends, but several points should be clarified. First, although global population ...

Demography and Population Studies: demography is the analytical and mathematical study of populations, especially human beings. Population studies is broadly defined as the scientific study of human ...