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Empty planet : the shock of global population decline

Bricker, Darrell Jay, 1961- author, Ibbitson, John, author

2019

Overview

\"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 - and in many countries that decline has already begun. In Empty Planet, Ibbitson and Bricker find that a smaller global population will bring with it a number of 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. Canada and the United States are well-positioned to successfully navigate these coming demographic shifts--that is, unless growing isolationism and anti-immigrant backlash lead us to close ourselves off just as openness becomes more critical to our survival than ever before. 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\"--Jacket.

• Publisher: Signal, McClelland and Stewart ; Penguin Random House
• Subject: Population geography / Population
• ISBN: 9780771050886, 0771050887

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
HB 871 .B75 2019	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE