Empty planet : the shock of global population decline
Bricker, Darrell Jay, 1961-2020
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A radical, provocative argument that the global population will soon begin to decline, dramatically reshaping the social, political and economic landscape. For half a century, statisticians, pundits and politicians have warned that a burgeoning planetary population will soon overwhelm the earth's resources. But a growing number of experts are sounding a different kind of alarm. Rather than growing exponentially, they argue, the global population is headed for a steep decline. Throughout history, depopulation was the product of catastrophe: ice ages, plagues, the collapse of civilisations. This time, however, we're thinning ourselves deliberately, by choosing to have fewer babies than we need to replace ourselves.
Main title:
Empty planet : the shock of global population decline / Darrell Bricker and John Ibbitson.
Author:
Bricker, Darrell Jay, 1961-, authorIbbitson, John, author
Imprint:
London : Robinson, 2020.
Collation:
288 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2019.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781472142979 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
304.62
Language:
English
BRN:
1219789
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