Libraries draw millions of kids each summer, but funding varies dramatically across California
As children spend time in libraries this summer, newly released California State Library data shows that San Francisco Public Library received nearly 17 times as much funding per resident in 2024-25 as Kern County Library — a system serving a slightly larger population and more than twice as many ch
Sweden to face surplus housing?
Karin Östling Svensson of Riskbank notes that Sweden could face a housing surplus going forward: The population is growing more slowly than before – only 1.9 per cent is expected to be added by 2034, compared to 8.6 per cent in the last decade.出生人数减少、死亡人数增加和移民减少导致了这一趋势。 [...]