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Empty Planet: The Shock of Global Population Decline Free - An award-winning journalist and leading international social researcher make the 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 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, John Ibbitson and Darrell Bricker find that a smaller global population will bri

Empty Planet: The Shock of Global Population Decline Free - An award-winning journalist and leading international social researcher make the 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 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, John Ibbitson and Darrell Bricker find that a smaller global population will bri

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An award-winning journalist and leading international social researcher make

the 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

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, John

Ibbitson and Darrell Bricker 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. We can already see the effects in Europe and parts

of Asia, as aging populations and worker shortages weaken the economy and

impose crippling demands on healthcare and social security. The United

States and Canada are well-positioned to successfully navigate these coming

demographic shifts--that is, unless growing isolationism leads us to close

ourselves off just as openness becomes more critical to our survival than ever.

Rigorously researched and deeply compelling, Empty Planet offers a vision of

a future that we can no longer prevent--but one that we can shape, if we

choose.Praise for Empty Planet An ambitious reimagining of our demographic

future. The New York Times Book Review The authors combine a mastery of

social-science research with enough journalistic flair to convince fair-minded

readers of a simple fact: Fertility is falling faster than most experts can readily

explain, driven by persistent forces. The Wall Street Journal The beauty of this

book is that it links hard-to-grasp global trends to the easy to-understand

individual choices being made all over the world today a gripping narrative of a

world on the cusp of profound change. The New Statesman John Ibbitson and

Darrell Bricker have written a sparkling and enlightening guide to the

contemporary world of fertility as small family sizes and plunging rates of childbearing

go global. 8211 The Globe and Mail

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