Immigration May Be Our Salvation: 41% of U.S. Counties Experience Japan-Level Population Decline
A new report released by the Economic Innovation Group has revealed an increasingly grim present and future for the United States, especially those corners of the oft-romanticized heartland, in terms of population growth.
Read moreSmall towns are dying everywhere but here
As small towns elsewhere saw prosperity pass them by in favor of the big cities, something unusual happened to this rural hamlet tucked in the Bitterroot Valley: It flourished.
Read moreReal Time Economics: What Else We’re Reading
Population loss isn’t just a symptom of local economic challenges. It’s a cause.
Read moreVisas for the Heartland
U.S. population growth is at an 80-year low. And the population of the United States is growing unevenly.
Read moreNew report suggests visas for skilled immigrants to struggling U.S. counties
The U.S. already has a special visa to attract foreign doctors to treat rural Americans — now a new report suggests expanding that to all skilled immigrants who’d be willing to settle in areas facing long-term demographic problems.
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