News Summary

• The West has been below replacement fertility once before.
• Understanding that boom may help us deal with today’s bust.
• With global conflicts increasingly shaped by drones and A.I., the American military risks losing its dominance.
• It turns out that being charming has a happy mean.
• To understand life, we must stop treating organisms like machines and minds like code.
• Be sure to check out our Masters in Business interview with Neil Dutta, head of the economic research team at Renaissance Macro Research.