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In this week's episode, we dive into a pressing question: Is overpopulation the true challenge we face, or is depopulation a more urgent concern? To discuss this important issue, we are joined by Lyman Stone, a senior fellow and Director of the Pronatalism Initiative at the Institute for Family Studies, and the Chief Information Officer at Demographic Intelligence. Lyman has extensively studied global family formation and demographic trends. His insights have been featured in leading publications like the New York Times and Wall Street Journal. Tune in to hear Lyman's perspective on population dynamics, the potential impacts of declining birth rates, and what it all means for the future.If you would like to interview Richard Nelson, Executive Director of the Commonwealth Policy Center, please email richard@commonwealthpolicy.org.Like and Follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/commonwealthpolicyFollow us on X: @CPC4KentuckyFollow us on YouTube: @commonwealthpolicycenterE-Newsletter: https://www.commonwealthpolicycenter.org/mailing-list/
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.louiseperry.co.ukMy guest today is Lyman Stone, research fellow at the Institute for Family Studies and specialist in the sociology of fertility. We spoke about the best urban design for families, whether 'intensive parenting' has really become more common, the true effects of the Pill on fertility rates, how income and fertility are linked for men and women, and why it…
Lyman Stone of the Institute for Family Studies A Pro-Family Housing Agenda Institute for Family Studies The post Pro-Family Housing Policy – Lyman Stone, 3/26/25 (0852) first appeared on Issues, Etc..
Sign up for David's Substack: Macroeconomic Policy Nexus Lyman Stone is a demographer and the director of the Pronatalism Initiative at the Institute for Family Studies. In Lyman's first appearance on the show, he discusses demographic and marriage decline, the fallacy in the thinking of degrowthers, the benefits of pronatalist policy, and much more. Check out the transcript for this week's episode, now with links. Recorded on February 13th, 2025 Follow David Beckworth on X: @DavidBeckworth Follow Lyman Stone on X: @LymanStoneKY Follow the show on X: @Macro_Musings Check out our new AI chatbot: the Macro Musebot! Join the new Macro Musings Discord server! Join the Macro Musings mailing list! Check out our Macro Musings merch! Subscribe to David's new BTS YouTube Channel Timestamps: (00:00:00) – Intro (00:02:04) – Lyman Stone's Career Path (00:04:54) – Demography as a Discipline (00:10:41) – Demographic Decline (00:15:28) – Decline of Marriage (00:32:24) – Degrowthers (00:43:15) – Possible Policy Solutions (00:54:50) – Outro
Lyman Stone of the Institute for Family Studies Are Lutherans Growing? Shrinking? Liberal? Conservative? Three Surveys Disagree Institute for Family Studies The post Recent Religious Surveys and Lutheran Beliefs- Lyman Stone, 3/5/25 (0641) first appeared on Issues, Etc..
Minds Almost Meeting: Season 10, Episode 9.View the transcript for this episode here: https://mindsalmostmeeting.com/episodes/fertility-againImagine two smart curious friendly and basically truth-seeking people, but from very different intellectual traditions. Traditions with different tools, priorities, and ground rules. What would they discuss? Would they talk past each other? Make any progress? Would anyone want to hear them? Economist Robin Hanson and philosopher Agnes Callard decided to find out.Visit the Minds Almost Meeting website here: https://mindsalmostmeeting.com
Lyman Stone of the Institute for Family Studies Yes, Marriage Still Matters For Fertility: New Evidence Institute for Family Studies The post Marriage and Fertility – Lyman Stone, 1/31/25 (0312) first appeared on Issues, Etc..
On this episode of Unsupervised Learning Razib talks to Lyman Stone, a soon to be PhD in sociology from McGill University specializing in population dynamics. Stone runs the Pro-natalism Initiative at the Institute for Family Studies, and has had appointments at AEI, and has written for The Atlantic and The New York Times. Well known for his social media presence, Stone is a published academic who has explored COVID policies, religion and divorce rates. Stone has previously been on Unsupervised Learning to discuss his work on religion, but this episode they shiftto his bread and butter: demographics and the preconditions for a pro-natalist society. First, Razib and Stone discuss the variables behind the fertility crash in the USA since 2008, and Stone debunks the notion that it is driven purely by decline in teen births. Despite the reality that teen births have dropped, disproportionately among Hispanics, Stone notes that since 2008 there has been an increase in both the age of first birth and age of marriage, resulting in reduced lifetime fertility. Stone also addresses worldwide patterns, and notes that aside from Niger almost the whole of Africa seems to have been impacted by the demographic transition that is leading to reduced fertility on other continents. He does note that the gap between the number of children women want, and the number they have, is particularly large in Africa. Razib and Stone also discuss the fiscal/monetary rationales for reduced fertility, as well as social and cultural changes. They also discuss the genetics and heritability of pro-natal dispositions, concluding that the changes we see in total fertility rate are driven by cultural change.
Lyman Stone of the Institute for Family Studies More Money, More Babies: What's The Relationship Between Income & Fertility? Part 1/a> More Money, More Babies: What's The Relationship Between Income & Fertility? Part 2/a> More Money, More Babies: What's The Relationship Between Income & Fertility? Part 3/a> Institute for Family Studies The post Does Lower Income Mean Higher Fertility? and Pronatal Policies – Lyman Stone, 12/5/24 (3402) first appeared on Issues, Etc..
Tune in for part two of our interview with demographer Lyman Stone, where he shares solutions to THE critical problem: the lowest birth rates our country has ever seen. Stone explains key ways that the government can address this devastating issue, and emphasizes the important role the church has in building a pro-family and pro-child culture. Get the facts, stand for truth!
Demographer Lyman Stone joins Moses to discuss one of the most important problems facing our country: falling birth rates, the lowest fertility rate on record. Stone discusses how the nation as a whole and the Christian church are being affected by this problem. Don't miss part 2 next week, where Stone offers hopeful, practical solutions to this problem. Learn more about Minnesota Family Council at mfc.org.
In this week's episode, we dive into a pressing question: Is overpopulation the true challenge we face, or is depopulation a more urgent concern? To discuss this important issue, we are joined by Lyman Stone, a senior fellow and Director of the Pronatalism Initiative at the Institute for Family Studies, and the Chief Information Officer at Demographic Intelligence. Lyman has extensively studied global family formation and demographic trends. His insights have been featured in leading publications like the New York Times and Wall Street Journal. Tune in to hear Lyman's perspective on population dynamics, the potential impacts of declining birth rates, and what it all means for the future. If you would like to interview Richard Nelson, Executive Director of the Commonwealth Policy Center, please email richard@commonwealthpolicy.org. Like and Follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/commonwealthpolicy Follow us on Twitter: @CPC4Kentucky LinkedIn: Commonwealth Policy Center E-Newsletter: https://www.commonwealthpolicycenter.org/mailing-list/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/commonwealth-matters/support
Lyman Stone of the Institute for Family Studies Mandating Insurance Coverage for IVF will not Boost Fertility/a> Institute for Family Studies The post 2542. IVF Subsidies and Fertility – Lyman Stone, 9/10/24 first appeared on Issues, Etc..
Lyman Stone is a demographer, researcher, and a writer. It wasn't long ago that everyone was worried about the population bomb and within a few short decades global birth rates are now declining. What's going on? What is driving such a rapid change in the number of children people are having and should we do anything about it? Expect to learn the best explanations for why birth rates are declining, whether declining birthrates are downstream from declining marriage rates, what winning the lottery does to marriages for both men and women, Lyman's controversial perspective on the impact of sperm count and testosterone levels on fertility and much more…. Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals Get a 20% discount on the best supplements from Momentous at https://livemomentous.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout) Get the Whoop 4.0 for free and get your first month for free at https://join.whoop.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout) Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period from Shopify at https://shopify.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout) Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59 #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp - Get In Touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Almost every rich country (including America) isn't having enough kids to sustain their current population. Is this something we should be worried about? And if so, how do we fix it? Lyman Stone is the Director of the Pronatalism Initiative and joins the show to discuss the ideas around pronatalism. Why is it a problem if society has fewer and fewer kids each generation? Are there economic or cultural barriers to people having as many kids as they'd like to? And what policies can impact the fertility rate? We discuss all this and more! To get bonus episodes, support us at patreon.com/newliberalpodcast or https://cnliberalism.org/become-a-member Got questions? Send us a note at mailbag@cnliberalism.org. Follow us at: https://twitter.com/CNLiberalism https://cnliberalism.org/ Join a local chapter at https://cnliberalism.org/become-a-member/
Lyman Stone of the Institute for Family Studies Institute for Family Studies The post 1982. Increasing Childbirths – Lyman Stone, 7/16/24 first appeared on Issues, Etc..
Unlock the secrets behind successful church growth and discover the environments that best support adult conversions in the LCMS. This episode features Lyman Stone, a seasoned demographer and LCMS layperson, who shares the motivations and rigorous methodologies behind the recent Lutheran Religious Life Survey. From innovative survey participation techniques to the challenges of interpreting high-response data, Lyman's insights provide a comprehensive look at the current state of Lutheran congregations and the factors contributing to their vibrant community life.Gain a deeper understanding of the role data-driven decision-making plays within LCMS institutions and the importance of benchmarking. We discuss the complexities of interpreting survey results without a comparative framework and the nuanced difference between documenting what is and prescribing what ought to be. Learn about the intricate dynamics of church planting, growth patterns, and the surprising effectiveness of traditional Lutheran practices in attracting new converts. Discover how strategic church placements can maximize visitor engagement and how sacramentarianism might be key to retention.Explore the diverse stories of religious conversion and the impact of generational influences on contemporary Lutheran practices. We delve into the often contentious dynamics within the church, emphasizing the importance of proactive engagement and genuine care for its future. Lyman Stone's perspectives offer a fresh, data-informed look at the challenges and opportunities facing the LCMS today, making this episode a must-listen for anyone passionate about the future of their congregation.Support the Show.Visit uniteleadership.org
Should the government be paying people to have babies? Or are there other ways to reverse our demographic decline? Demographer Lyman Stone joins me to discuss the causes and implications of America's falling birthrate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week on Family Policy Matters, host Traci DeVette Griggs welcomes Lyman Stone, Research Fellow at the Institute for Family Studies, to discuss America's falling fertility rates what we can do to fix them.
I. Lyman Stone wrote an article Why Effective Altruism Is Bad. You know the story by now, let's start with the first argument: The only cities where searches for EA-related terms are prevalent enough for Google to show it are in the Bay Area and Boston…We know the spatial distribution of effective altruist ideas. We can also get IRS data on charitable giving… Stone finds that Google Trends shows that searches for “effective altruism” concentrate most in the San Francisco Bay Area and Boston. So he's going to see if those two cities have higher charitable giving than average, and use that as his metric of whether EAs give more to charity than other people. He finds that SF and Boston do give more to charity than average, but not by much, and this trend has if anything decreased in the 2010 - present period when effective altruism was active. So, he concludes, https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/contra-stone-on-ea
Lyman Stone addresses Former President Jerry Kieschnick's 12 reasons for membership decline in the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. We take a heartfelt look at the challenges Kieschnick faced and emphasize the crucial need for conversations filled with love and truth when discussing church governance, mission focus, and theological concerns.In our discussion, we reveal how demographic trends such as low birth rates and youth retention have led to a generational decline in LCMS membership. With retention rates plummeting from 90% to 40%, and the fading ethnic solidarity among German Lutherans, the church faces unprecedented challenges. We explore the necessity of forging a new cultural identity to maintain cohesion within the church community. By examining the parable of the sower and the potent influence of contemporary culture on children, we highlight the urgent need for unity and proactive strategies, including encouraging higher birth rates among members, to address these demographic hurdles. Don't miss this enlightening episode filled with practical analysis and solutions for the future of the LCMS.#####Life, Money, and More A Podcast Built for those who want to make their Money, and Life Better Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify All Business. No Boundaries.Welcome to All Business. No Boundaries, a collection of supply chain stories by DHL...Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify All of Life for GodThe All of Life for God podcast is an engaging and thoughtful collection of exclusive...Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Create Harmony This is a podcast about setting an intentional rhythm, savoring life's blessings and ...Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the Show.Visit uniteleadership.org
Lyman Stone of the Institute for Family Studies Is There Hope for Low Infertility The post 1563. Fertility Rates in Southern Europe – Lyman Stone, 6/4/24 first appeared on Issues, Etc..
Lyman Stone of the Institute for Family Studies Lutheran Religious Life Survey The post 1283. A New Survey of Lutheran Religious Life – Lyman Stone, 5/7/24 first appeared on Issues, Etc..
Lyman Stone of the Institute for Family Studies Contraception in America: Survey Evidence on Women's Contraceptive Attitudes The post 1063. American Women's Attitudes about Fertility and Contraception – Lyman Stone, 4/15/23 first appeared on Issues, Etc..
Lyman Stone of the Institute for Family Studies 1-in-3: A Record Share of Young Adults Will Never Marry The post 0713. The Declining US Marriage Rate – Lyman Stone, 3/11/24 first appeared on Issues, Etc..
Lyman Stone is a husband, father, and follower of Jesus. He is also a PhD Candidate in Sociology at McGill University. As a demographer, Lyman specializes in understanding fertility preferences. On this episode of the podcast, however, we focus primarily on what demographic data tells us about the state of marriage in the United States today. We consider the happiness that marriage brings, the best steps single people can take today to find a mate or be more "marriageable" themselves. Lyman also shares some research related to secularization of children and why you need to worry more about what you teach your kids about Jesus at home than what they are going to learn in college. We also discuss marriage tax penalties and why cohabiting is a terrible idea for anyone who desires marriage in the future. Subscribe to The Ordinary Christian Podcast
Discover the hidden dynamics of family life and its profound impact on the church as we engage in a fascinating conversation with Lyman Stone, an LCMS member and demographer with a wealth of knowledge on the subject. Unravel the complex tapestry of societal trends, as Lyman weaves his personal narrative of faith and professional acumen into our discussion, bringing a fresh perspective to the ever-changing perceptions of marriage within the LCMS and society at large. His insights into the essential values that underpin family development offer both reflection and inspiration, posing the question of how the church can actively participate in nurturing these foundational aspects of our lives.Venture into the heart of Lutheran communities with the Lutheran Religious Life Survey, a project close to Lyman's heart that serves as a bridge between quantitative research and religious life. Tackling everything from family demography to worship styles, this comprehensive survey lays bare the nuanced tensions within the LCMS, shedding light on the interplay between missional and confessional approaches. Lyman's personal experiences, including his missionary work, add a poignant touch to our exploration of how the survey informs our understanding of the church's place in the wider world and the varied beliefs of its members.Cap off the episode with an enlightening look at how Lutheran pastors are innovatively addressing catechesis and preaching in today's church. Surprising desires emerge from congregations, calling for deeper teachings on the Law and marital fidelity, while the significance of raising Christian children may not capture their interest as much. We examine these trends and contemplate how survey research can serve as a valuable diagnostic tool, helping to pinpoint gaps in understanding and guide congregations in the strengthening of their spiritual foundations. Join us for this invaluable melding of doctrine, data, and daily church life that promises to resonate with anyone invested in the future of faith communities.JOIN OUR NEW ONLINE LEARNING PLATFORM!ENTER CODE - 75ULC2023 for 75% off! Support the showVisit uniteleadership.org
Matt speaks with Clara Piano about the relationship between economic freedom, fertility, and the roles that modernization and increasing well-being for women have on the number of babies that are born in countries around the world. Episode Notes: "The Fertility Gap and Economic Freedom" by Clara Piano & Lyman Stone https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4564080 "The Fertility Benefits of Economic Freedom" by Clara E. Piano https://ifstudies.org/blog/the-fertility-benefits-of-economic-freedom "The Best Policy for Supporting Families Is “Do No Harm”" by Clara E. Piano https://www.aier.org/article/the-best-policy-for-supporting-families-is-do-no-harm/ Some history on "The Population Bomb" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/book-incited-worldwide-fear-overpopulation-180967499/
There are a lot of popular ideas out there around marriage, family, and culture, like, for example, that living together before marriage decreases your chances of divorce, people are having fewer children because children are expensive to raise, and society is becoming more secular because people leave religion in adulthood.Are these ideas actually born out by the data?Today we put that question to Lyman Stone, a sociologist and demographer who crunches numbers from all the latest studies to find out what's going on in population, relationship, and familial trends. We dig into some of the counterintuitive findings he's discovered in his research and discuss the possible reasons that cohabitation is actually correlated with a higher chance of divorce, the effect that marrying later has on fertility, why the drop in the number of kids people are having isn't only about cost but also about the rise in high intensity parenting, and how the increase in societal secularization can actually be traced to kids, not adults.Resources Related to the EpisodeRelated articles by Lyman Stone:Does Getting Married Really Make You Happier?Why Canadian Women Aren't Having the Children They DesireFor Fertility, Marriage Still MattersToo Risky to Wed in Your 20s? Not If You Avoid Cohabiting FirstWhat the Latest Current Population Survey Tells Us About the Future of FertilitySecularization Begins at HomeAoM Article: The Surprising Benefits of Marrying YoungAoM Article: How to Test Your Relationship Without Moving In TogetherAoM Podcast #349: The Problem With Ambiguity in Relationships with Scott StanleyConnect With Lyman StoneLyman on Twitter
Weeks ago, we talked about The Great Dechurching (ep. 439) - the downward trend of church involvement in America over the past 20 years. In a new article, Lyman Stone suggests this de-churching problem is less about the secularization of American culture and more a problem of families not passing their faith to their kids. In this episode, we engage Stone's essay and explore its implications for the family and the church. Article: https://ifstudies.org/blog/secularization-begins-at-home
Be sure to visit cultureproof.net Wil and Meeke discuss Lyman Stone's article, Secularization Begins at Home. Sad data suggest the secularization of our culture does not happen among adults..."out there." Ken Ham's 2009 book, Already Gone. Please consider supporting the Culture Proof Podcast. We aim to bring engaging content that will challenge and equip Christians to live according to the Straight Edge of Scripture. Culture Proof Podcast Theme "Believers" courtesy of Path of Revelation
Be sure to visit cultureproof.net Wil and Meeke discuss Lyman Stone's article, Secularization Begins at Home. Sad data suggest the secularization of our culture does not happen among adults..."out there." Please consider supporting the Culture Proof Podcast. We aim to bring engaging content that will challenge and equip Christians to live according to the Straight Edge of Scripture. Culture Proof Podcast Theme "Believers" courtesy of Path of Revelation
Lyman Stone of the Institute for Family Studies Secularization Begins at Home The post 2492. Declining Religiosity Among American Children- Lyman Stone, 9/6/23 first appeared on Issues, Etc..
https://razib.substack.com This is where you will find all the podcasts from Razib Khan's Substack and original video content. Today Razib talks to Lyman Stone, a demographer and Ph.D. candidate at McGill University, about the fall, rise and fall of religion in America. In 2020, Stone published a report, Promise and Peril: The History of American Religiosity and Its Recent Decline, where he outlined the demographic and religious history of the US, and its possible future. They first cover the historical context of American religion in the 18th century, reviewing the elite rise in secularism, the radicalism of the founding's Disestablishmentarianism and the early 19th-century legislation against the mixing of church and state. Alexis de Tocqueville observed in the early 1800's that the US combined religious pluralism on a social scale, high levels of personal piety and governmental secularism. This was a sharp break from European traditions, and Stone addresses the thesis whether this explains why America still remains much more religious in terms of observance than nations like England and Germany. But despite America's comparative religiosity, it has become much more secular in the last generation. Razib talks to Stone about the rise of the religious “nones” across the Western world, and the decline of social conservatives within the Republican party. Stone points out that for most, religious identity and level of practice are established during the teen years, with religious education (or lack thereof) being the biggest predictor of religious adherence (or lack thereof). The relative secularism of Zoomers and Millennials, Americans born after 1980, presages a much less Christian America as the 21st century's first half progresses. But Stone argues that this is not necessarily the final state of American religiosity; secular America in 1800 underwent the Second Great Awakening, which led to a much more evangelical nation by 1900. Rather than a linear progress toward an end state, religious history seems cyclical.
Lyman Stone of the Institute for Family Studies Religion and Fertility in Canada The post 2082. Fertility Rates and Religion in Canada – Lyman Stone, 7/27/23 first appeared on Issues, Etc..
Lyman Stone is a Demographer and Writer, focusing on the issues of pronatalism, family, and religion.Find Lyman:https://twitter.com/lymanstonekyhttps://sites.google.com/view/lymanstone/homeMentioned in the episode:https://www.fromthenew.world/p/malcolm-collins-the-parasite-precipehttps://www.fromthenew.world/p/simone-collins-optimized-dating-parasocial#detailshttps://www.fromthenew.world/p/eric-kaufmann-whiteshift-blueshift#detailshttps://www.amazon.com/Birth-Control-American-Modernity-History/dp/1316519589 Get full access to From the New World at www.fromthenew.world/subscribe
Lyman Stone of the Institute for Family Studies Now Political Polarization Comes for Marriage Prospects
Armed with a provocative assortment of inappropriate puns, Jonah invites AEI Senior Fellow Philip Wallach onto the Remnant for the first time to discuss the importance of Congress and what we can do to fix the legislative branch. As holders of the Remnant bingo card are well aware, reforming Congress by expanding its size and discouraging performative behavior within its ranks has been one of Jonah's primary obsessions since the launch of this program. Today, he's sure to indulge in as many nerdish lines of inquiry on the subject as possible, waxing Yuvalian from start to finish. What core functions is Congress failing to perform? When did the institution begin to decline? And are its deficiencies fueling broader cultural partisanship? Show Notes: - Phil's page at AEI - Phil's new book, Why Congress - Phil: “Time for Congress to Choose Deliberation Over Dysfunction” - Phil: “If We Give Up on Congress, What Will We Lose?” - Ben Sasse's Kavanaugh hearing speech - Lyman Stone on expanding Congress Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today you'll learn about how remote work is resulting in people having more children than before the pandemic, how scientists are searching for new treatments for acne, and how indigenous groups in South America have a genetic resistance to Chagas disease. Remote Work Baby Boom “The Surprising Effects of Remote Work” by Derek Thompsonhttps://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2023/03/us-remote-work-impact-fertility-rate-babies/673301/“Early Remote Work Impacts on Family Formation” by Lyman Stone and Adam Ozimekhttps://eig.org/remote-work-family-formation/“Career Paths with a Two-Body Problem: Occupational Specialization and Geographic Mobility” by Valeria Rueda and Guillaume Wilemmehttps://research.upjohn.org/up_workingpapers/346/“The Great Pandemic Baby Bump” By Jerusalem Demsashttps://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/11/pandemic-baby-bump-fertility/671964/Acne Antibiotics “Antibiotics for acne: Study shows why one works best.” By Isabella Backman. 2023.https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-antibiotics-acne.html“Acne.” National Institutes of Health. 2020.https://www.niams.nih.gov/health-topics/acne#:~:text=Acne%20is%20a%20common%20skin,commonly%20called%20pimples%20or%20zits.Chagas Infection“Genetic adaptations help Amazonian populations resist chaga infection.” n.a. 2023.https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-genetic-amazonian-populations-resist-chagas.html“Parasites - American Trypanosomiasis (also known as Chagas Disease): Detailed FAQs.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2022.https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/chagas/gen_info/detailed.html#intro“Amazonian Populations Have Genetic Protection Against Chagas Disease.” n.a. 2023.https://www.technologynetworks.com/genomics/news/amazonian-populations-have-genetic-protection-against-chagas-disease-370944“Indigenous people from Amazon show genetic signatures of pathogen-driven selection.” By Caina M. Couto-Silva, et al. 2023.https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abo0234“Parasite Drove Natural Selection in Amazonian Indigenous Groups.” By Natalia Mesa, PhD. 2023.https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/parasite-drove-natural-selection-in-amazonian-indigenous-groups-71004Follow Curiosity Daily on your favorite podcast app to get smarter with Calli and Nate — for free! Still curious? Get exclusive science shows, nature documentaries, and more real-life entertainment on discovery+! Go to https://discoveryplus.com/curiosity to start your 7-day free trial. discovery+ is currently only available for US subscribers.Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/remote-work-baby-boom-acne-antibiotics-chagas-infection
Lyman Stone of the Institute for Family Studies Wittenberg Trail: From Despair to the Real Presence of God
Rod Arquette Show Daily Rundown – Friday, January 27, 2023 4:20 pm: Paul Cassell, an attorney and law professor at the University of Utah, joins the show to discuss his opposition to a bill that would allow crime victims to be deposed by defense attorneys in felony and serious misdemeanor cases 4:38 pm: Lyman Stone, Chief Information Officer at Demographic Intelligence joins the show for a conversation about his recent piece on the rise of intact families post-pandemic 5:05 pm: Christine Cooke Fairbanks, Education Policy Analyst at the Sutherland Institute joins the program to get her thoughts on the school choice bill passed by Utah lawmakers this week 6:05 pm: CJ Pearson of Prager U joins the program for a conversation about his piece in the New York Post about what can be done to save Generation Z 6:20 pm: Larry Gelwix of Columbus Travel joins the show to preview this weekend's travel expo 6:38 pm: We'll listen back to Rod's conversations this week with Joel Kotkin of Chapman University on his piece for Real Clear Investigations on the rise of the single woke female, and (at 6:50 pm) with Deroy Murdock of Fox News and the Daily Caller about the inept staff that Joe Biden has hired
Lyman Stone of the Institute for Family Studies What Is Our Life Together? Report on the Results of the Lutheran Religious Life Survey Lutheran Religious Life Survey
Lyman Stone of the Institute for Family Studies Lutheran Religious Life Survey America's Growing Religious-Secular Fertility Divide
Lyman Stone of the Institute for Family Studies America's Growing Religious-Secular Fertility Divide
Lyman Stone of the Institute for Family Studies After COVID: Unhappiness Is Worse Among Single and Non-Religious Americans
David is joined this week by Lyman Stone, renowned expert in demographics from the American Enterprise Institute and other significant think tanks and organizations. Lyman and David dive deep this week into mortality, migration, and fertility, and look to better understand the implications for economic growth and human flourishing that various trends in these components represent.
Louisiana prolife bill, Rand Paul, Baby Formula, and guns …and more on today’s CrossPolitic Daily News Brief. My name is Toby Sumpter and today is Friday, May 6, 2022. We are just days away from the last stop of our CrossPolitic Liberty Tour in Phoenix, Arizona. I would love to meet you in person in Phoenix, on May 19th. I will be joined by Chocolate Knox, the Gabe Rench the Water Boy, Pastor Jeff Durbin of Apologia Church, and Political analyst Delano Squires, who’s made appearances on the Blaze, and the Tucker Carlson show. Tickets are only $20, and we’ll be talking about the Five Stones of True Liberty. Sign up now at crosspolitic.com/libertytour. https://www.dailywire.com/news/republican-led-louisiana-house-fails-to-pass-bill-abolishing-abortion Ben Zeisloft at the DailyWire reports: Members of the Louisiana House of Representatives failed to pass a bill that would have abolished abortion by applying homicide laws to women who procure the procedure. The Abolition of Abortion in Louisiana Act (HB813) — which has gained national and international media attention — recognizes “the right to life and equal protection of the laws to all unborn children from the moment of fertilization by protecting them by the same laws protecting other human beings.” Accordingly, it applied state laws about homicide to children in the womb. Last week, lawmakers on the Louisiana House’s criminal justice committee approved the bill by a 7 to 2 vote. However, after legislators approved an amendment on Thursday stating that “the pregnant female shall not be held responsible for the criminal consequences” of seeking an abortion by a 65 to 26 vote, State Rep. Danny McCormick — the Republican who sponsored HB813 — asked to pull the bill from the House floor. Louisiana Right to Life announced its opposition to HB813 ahead of the House vote because it applied criminal penalties to mothers who procure abortion. Likewise, Governor John Bel Edwards (D-LA) — remarking that his “Catholic Christian faith” teaches him to be pro-life — followed suit in opposing the legislation. “I felt I had to join my voice to the chorus of pro-life organizations against HB813,” he said in a statement. Pro-life activist Abby Johnson recently condemned Louisiana Right to Life for opposing HB813. “Either the preborn are fully human or they aren’t,” she saidon Twitter. “When abortion is illegal, people must pay the penalty for killing their children. These children deserve justice.” Replying to Edwards’ opposition to the bill, Johnson said, “Well, well, well. Look how many pro-aborts you have made happy!!” Brian Gunter — the senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Livingston, Louisiana, who was instrumental in organizing other Christians in the state to support the legislation — told The Daily Wire that Edwards “believes there are no circumstances under which a woman should be held accountable if she knowingly and intentionally kills her preborn child.” “HB813 protects a woman who is coerced into an abortion and prosecutes the person who forces her to have an abortion,” he said of the bill in its original form. “If Governor Edwards believes the preborn child is just as much a person as the born child, then it is absurd for him to suggest that the preborn child should be discriminated against and denied equal protection under law. No one should be allowed to murder preborn children without consequences.” Last week, Gunter remarked to The Daily Wire that Louisiana’s current pro-life trigger law — the “The Human Life Protection Act” — only penalizes abortionists with $1,000 fines, even though animal cruelty is fined at up to $25,000 in Louisiana. https://thehill.com/news/senate/3486654-rand-paul-objection-delays-40-billion-ukraine-aid-package/ Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) hit the brakes Thursday on bipartisan hopes that the Senate could quickly pass nearly $40 billion in Ukraine aid before leaving town for the week. Paul objected to a deal offered by Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer(D-N.Y.) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) that would have set up votes on Thursday afternoon on the funding and on an amendment from Paul, who wanted to include language in the bill to expand an Afghanistan inspector general role to include oversight of the Ukraine funds. Paul blocked the votes because he wants his language inserted into the text of the bill instead of having to take his chance with an amendment vote, which could be blocked. The stalemate will delay the Senate’s passage of the Ukraine package until at least next week, and potentially beyond. “There is now only one thing holding us back, the junior senator from Kentucky is preventing swift passage of Ukraine aid because he wants to add, at the last minute, his own changes directly into the bill … He is not even asking for an amendment. He is simply saying my way or the highway,” Schumer said. “Ukraine is not asking us to fight this war. They’re only asking for the resources they need to defend themselves against this deranged invasion, and they need help right now,” McConnell said. Paul, however, warned about the pace of spending, arguing that “we cannot save Ukraine by dooming the U.S. economy.” “Americans are feeling the pain [from inflation] and Congress seems intent only on adding to that pain by shoveling more money out the door as fast as they can,” Paul said. Did you know that more than 75% of those raised in evangelical, Presbyterian, and Reformed churches don’t pursue any kind of Christian higher education? Surprising isn’t it. Cornerstone Work & Worldview Institute is seeking to provide a new, exciting, and affordable option for Christians. Their mission is to build Kingdom culture in the workplace by equipping their students in a Trinitarian worldview and vocational competencies. Their low-cost full-time program offers integrative course modules, internships, and mentoring so their students can finish debt-free with vocational preparation, a robust faith, and financial potential to build strong godly families and homes rooted in their communities and churches long-term. Visit their website at www.cornerstonework.org to find out more about enrolling. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/05/baby-formula-shortage-abbott-recall/629828/ Derek Thompson at The Atlantic: America’s baby-formula shortage has gone from curious inconvenience to full-blown national crisis. In many states, including Texas and Tennessee, more than half of formula is sold out in stores. Nationwide, 40 percent of formula is out of stock—a twentyfold increase since the first half of 2021. As parents have started to stockpile formula, retailers such as Walgreens, CVS, and Target have all moved to limit purchases. Three factors are driving the U.S. baby-formula shortage: bacteria, a virus, and a trade policy. First, the bacteria. After the recent deaths of at least two infants from a rare infection, the Food and Drug Administration investigated Abbott, a major producer of infant formula, and discovered traces of the pathogen Cronobacter sakazakii in a Michigan plant. As a result, the FDA recalled several brands of formula, and parents were advised to not buy or use some formula tied to the plant. That brings us to the second cause: the virus. The pandemic has snarled all sorts of supply chains, but I can’t think of a market it’s yanked around more than infant formula. “During the spring of 2020, formula sales rocketed upwards as people stockpiled formula just like they stockpiled toilet paper,” Lyman Stone, the director of research at the consulting firm Demographic Intelligence, told me. Then, as “families worked through their stockpiles, sales fell a lot. This oscillation made planning for production extremely difficult. It was complicated to get an idea of the actual market size.” Meanwhile, Stone’s research has found that an uptick in births in early 2022 has corresponded with a “very dramatic decline in rates of breastfeeding” among new mothers, which pushed up demand for formula once again. In brief: Demand for formula surged as parents hoarded in 2020; then demand fell, leading suppliers to cut back production through 2021; and now, with more new mothers demanding more formula in 2022, orders are surging faster than supply is recovering. Finally, the third factor: America’s regulatory and trade policy. And while that might not sound as interesting to most people as bacteria and viruses, it might be the most important part of the story. FDA regulation of formula is so stringent that most of the stuff that comes out of Europe is illegal to buy here due to technicalities like labeling requirements. Nevertheless, one study found that many European formulas meet the FDA nutritional guidelines—and, in some ways, might even be better than American formula, because the European Union bans certain sugars, such as corn syrup, and requires formulas to have a higher share of lactose. Some parents who don’t care about the FDA’s imprimatur try to circumvent regulations by ordering formula from Europe through third-party vendors. But U.S. customs agents have been known to seize shipments at the border. U.S. policy also restricts the importation of formula that does meet FDA requirements. At high volumes, the tax on formula imports can exceed 17 percent. And under President Donald Trump, the U.S. entered into a new North American trade agreement that actively discourages formula imports from our largest trading partner, Canada. America’s formula policy warps the industry in one more way. The Department of Agriculture has a special group called WIC—short for Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children—that provides a variety of services to pregnant and breastfeeding women and their young children. It is also the largest purchaser of infant formula in the United States, awarding contracts to a small number of approved formula companies. As a result, the U.S. baby formula industry is minuscule, by design. A 2011 analysis by USDA reported that three companies accounted for practically all U.S. formula sales: Abbott, Mead Johnson, and Gerber. Look, it can be a real blessing to have baby formula for any number of legitimate reasons, but in general, there’s a God-given supply of baby formula ordinarily available through breast milk. Remember, we slaughter babies by the millions through abortion. This shouldn’t be a crisis. If women embraced motherhood, if men embraced fatherhood, if sex was reserved for the covenant of marriage, and if our culture celebrated the motherhood as the highest calling of a woman, sure it would be a blessing to have alternative nutrition in unusual circumstances, but if women were not so concerned about getting back to work, we wouldn’t be in this situation. Lies, Propaganda, Story Telling, and the Serrated Edge DNB: This year our national conference is in Knoxville, TN October 6th-8th. The theme of this year’s conference is Lies, Propaganda, Storytelling and the Serrated Edge. Satan is the father of lies, and the mother of those lies is a government who has rejected God. We have especially been lied to these last two years, and the COVIDpanic has been one of the central mechanisms that our government has used to lie to us and to grab more power. Because Christians have not been reading their bibles, we are susceptible to lies and weak in our ability to fight these lies. God has given us His word to fight Satan and his lies, and we need to recover all of God’s word, its serrated edge and all. Mark your calendars for October 6th-8th, as we fight, laugh and feast with fellowship, beer and Psalms, our amazing lineup of speakers, hanging with our awesome vendors, meeting new friends, and more. Early bird tickets will be available starting in the middle of March. Go to FLFNetwork.com and click on “Come to the Conference.” https://notthebee.com/article/a-federal-court-just-ruled-that-californias-under-21-prohibition-on-semiautomatic-firearms-is-unconstitutional-and-the-court-cited-the-revolutionary-war-as-precedent- California's ban on semiautomatic weapons sales to adults under 21 was ruled unconstitutional by a federal appeals court on Wednesday... The court agreed in a 2-1 decision with the argument of the Firearms Policy Coalition, which brought the case challenging the law that took effect last July, saying it infringed on the Second Amendment rights of adults between the ages of 18 and 20… "America would not exist without the heroism of the young adults who fought and died in our Revolutionary Army," Judge Ryan Nelson wrote for the appeals court. “Today we reaffirm that our Constitution still protects the right that enabled their sacrifice: the right of young adults to keep and bear arms.” The Psalm of the Day: Psalm 72 https://open.spotify.com/track/3tJNqzPNBKzIag3yQnLqG0?si=6b841d37db2141ba 0:00-0:43 Amen! This is Toby Sumpter with CrossPolitic News. Remember you can always find the links to our news stories and these psalms at crosspolitic dot com – just click on the daily news brief and follow the links. Or find them on our App: just search “Fight Laugh Feast” in your favorite app store and never miss a show. 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Lyman Stone of the Institute for Family Studies The Demography of War: Ukraine vs. Russia
Lyman Stone of Demographic Intelligence The Demography of War: Ukraine vs. Russia
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