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| ‘The Coming Famine’ by Julian Cribb |
By MARK BITTMAN |
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 Julian Cribb warns of worldwide famines in the near future, and offers sensible ways to help alleviate the “global feeding frenzy.” |
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| India Tries Using Cash Bonuses to Slow Birthrates |
By JIM YARDLEY; SAIMAH KHWAJA CONTRIBUTED RESEARCH FROM MAHARASHTRA STATE. |
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 As its population threatens to turn from an asset into a burden, India is looking for ways to encourage delayed childbirth. |
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| Census Survey Asks Too Much, G.O.P. Says |
By SAM ROBERTS |
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| The Republican National Committee passed a resolution calling on the Census Bureau to scrap the annual American Community Survey, or to make it voluntary. |
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| Lessons of the Census |
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| Basic reform of the census is needed, and the time to make these changes is slipping away. |
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| A Falling Homeownership Rate |
By BOB TEDESCHI |
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| A report by the New York Federal Reserve Bank puts the homeownership rate lower than levels indicated by census data. |
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| New York City Growth May Shape Control of State |
By SAM ROBERTS |
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| Because legislative redistricting is population-based and the city is overwhelmingly Democratic, 2009 census estimates suggest that state control may shift even further Democratic. |
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