by Clay Routledge | Jul 17, 2024 | Articles and Op Eds
This article was originally published in the Leadership and Happiness Laboratory. Americans are having fewer children than needed to sustain the nation’s population. As our country ages and a smaller working-age population struggles to support a larger elderly cohort,...
by Clay Routledge | Jul 4, 2024 | Articles and Op Eds
This article was originally published in Fortune Magazine. In an age when public discourse prioritizes sensationalism and cynical viewpoints about America over measured analysis and factual accuracy, a recently released survey of U.S. workers offers a data-driven...
by Clay Routledge | Jun 14, 2024 | Articles and Op Eds
This article was originally published in Human Progress. Even if technological advances help mitigate the problems with a shrinking population, young people are an irreplaceable existential resource. Summary: The decline in global birth rates has shifted concerns from...
by Clay Routledge | Jun 7, 2024 | Articles and Op Eds
This article was originally published in Business Insider. Gen Z wants to talk about mental health. And these days, they want to talk about it at the office. In a 2023 survey of nearly 3,000 people, Gen Z was almost twice as likely as other generations to say...
by Clay Routledge | Jun 5, 2024 | Articles and Op Eds
This article was originally published in USA Today. The seeming indifference of many to below-replacement fertility rates sweeping across nations may stem from a disproportionate emphasis on practical matters that fail to stir the soul. During the pandemic, I came...
