Contents: Preface -- 1. Introduction: The signals global demography sends -- 2. Addressing malthus' challenge: Bayer's acquisition of monsanto -- 3. Demography and management -- 4. The challenge of productivity in aging countries -- 5. Belligerence and corruption in middle-age countries -- 6....

To ascertain whether youth bulges are related to violent conflict and whether violent conflict falls off when youth bulges are followed by busts, we analyzed data from 1998-2005 covering 127 nations. Controlling for variables representing such factors as socio-development, macroeconomics,...