"In Reversal, Highly Developed Nations See Rise in Fertility" Washington Post, 8/10/2009. Provides background on the Nature article and discusses its policy implications.

"Aging Nations" New York Times, 8/7/2009. Phillip Bowring discusses the low fertility rates in Shanghai, and throughout urban China that are leading to relaxation of the one child policy and have created an "economic time bomb."

"Advances in Development Reverse Fertility Declines" Nature, 8/6/2009. Researchers suggest that fertility may increase as countries become highly developed.

"Demography: Babies Make a Comeback" Nature, 8/6/2009. Professor Shripad Tuljapurkar discusses the policy implications of these findings and suggests areas for future research.

"A Slow Burning Fuse" Economist, 6/25/2009. A special report on Aging focused on the conundrum of low birthrates, and the challenges of marketing to older consumers.

"Education vs. Extremism: More than half of Arabs are under 25 years old."The Wall Street Journal, 6/3/2009. Sheikh Mohammed of the United Arab Emirates on the need for education and employment in the Arab world, especially for women.

“Resolving the Coming Demographic Disaster.” Los Angeles Times, 5/17/2009. Michelle Goldberg argues that giving women more control over their fertility and their lives will provide the answer to very low and very high birthrates, both of which threaten social stability.

"The Red Ink of a Greyer Future." Financial Times, 3/24/2009. The link between the current economic crisis and the need for long-term structural economic reform because of aging populations; includes a slide show of graphics.

"Headed Toward Extinction." USA Today, 3/24/2009. Phillip Longman on world depopulation, rather than overpopulation, as the “troublesome trend that should concern the entire planet.”

“Dependency Time Bomb.” The Guardian, George Magnus on the need for a coherent strategy to address the rapidly aging population.

"Think Long to Solve the Crisis" The Wall Street Journal, 1/30/2009. George Shultz on the recent failures to think long term, and the need to consider long term economic prospects to get the most from current stimulus efforts.

“The World Won’t Be Aging Gracefully. Just the Opposite.” Washington Post,1/4/2009. Richard Jackson and Neil Howe on the security implications of population aging.

“Can the G20 do Big Outcomes?” Reuters: The Great Debate,11/14/2008. George Magnus discusses the G20 as a forum for addressing demographic change.

“Rising Ambitions, Sinking Population.” New York Times,10/25/2008. Nicholas Eberstadt on Russia’s demographic profile and its geo-political ramifications.

“The Candor Gap.” Newsweek,7/9/2008. Robert Samuelson on the lack of discussion about America’s population transformation.