Empty planet : the shock of global population decline / Darrell Bricker and John Ibbitson.

Author: Bricker, Darrell Jay, 1961- author.

Imprint:2019

Physical Description:288 pages ; 24 cm

Note:A brief history of population -- Malthus and sons -- The greying of Europe -- Asia: the price of miracles -- The economics of babies -- The Africa question -- Shutting down the factory in Brazil -- Push and pull migration -- The Elephant rises, the Dragon declines -- The second American century -- Cultural extinction in an age of decline -- The Canadian solution -- What lies ahead.

Note:Explores the pros and cons of a declining global population, including worker shortages, lower risk of famine, and greater affluence and autonomy for women.

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