EAN: 9781472142979

EMPTY PLANET - DARRELL BRICKER JOHN IBBITSON KA...

'A fascinating study' David Goodhart  Sunday Times   'A bold thesis  but the authors are
convincing . . . this briskly readable book demands urgent attention' Sarah Ditum  Mail on
Sunday   For half a century  statisticians  pundits and politicians have warned that a
burgeoning population will soon overwhelm the earth's resources. But a growing number of
experts are sounding a different alarm. Rather than continuing to increase exponentially  they
argue  the global population is headed for a steep decline - and in many countries  that
decline has already begun.  In Empty Planet   international social researcher Darrell Bricker
and award-winning journalist John Ibbitson find that a smaller global population will bring
with it many benefits: fewer workers will command higher wages  the environment will improve 
the risk of famine will wane  and falling birthrates in the developing world will bring greater
affluence and autonomy for women. But enormous disruption lies ahead  too. To limit the effects
of that disruption  nations must resist the growing isolationism that is leading some societies
to close off just as openness becomes more critical to survival than ever.  Rigorously
researched and deeply compelling  Empty Planet offers a vision of a future that we can no
longer prevent - but that we can shape  if we choose.   'An ambitious reimagining of our
demographic future' Doug Bock Clark  New York Times

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