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New Zealand withdraw support for FIFA boss Infantino, call for review

New Zealand has withdrawn support for FIFA President Gianni Infantino’s re-election and called for a review following the scrapping of the governing body’s plan to bring private equity into the World Cup. “New Zealand Football today announced that it has formally withdrawn its support for the candidature of Gianni Infantino as FIFA President at the 2027 FIFA Congress,” NZF said in a statement on…

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The Economics of a Shrinking World

From Jesus Fernandez-Villaverde and Patrick Norrick: As of 2026, humanity is likely below replacement fertility. That has never happened before, not in wars or pandemics.

  • Global fertility rates projected below replacement level by 2026
  • Decline primarily affects low- and middle-income countries
  • Modernity makes third child expensive, childlessness cheap

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