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After the spike : the risks of global depopulation and the case for people

by Dean Spears, Michael Geruso

An analysis of the projected peak and decline of the global human population, arguing that depopulation will threaten living standards. It suggests that stabilising the population requires protecting reproductive rights and supporting parents and carers.

Accession 28734 ISBN 9781847928351 Publisher Witness Books
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If we continue as we are, with birth rates falling globally, the world’s human population will peak in the next few decades – and then begin a sudden and rapid decline. It would be easy to think that fewer people would be better: better for the planet, better for the people who remain. In After the Spike, two leading population economists ask us to think again. Carefully weighing the evidence and the many claims that surround this controversial subject, Dean Spears and Mike Geruso explain why depopulation is not the solution we urgently need for the climate crisis, nor will it improve lives. Far more likely is that the progress which has raised living standards so dramatically over the last two centuries will slow or even reverse. -- dustjacket

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