NATIONAL BESTSELLER - In this "gripping narrative of a world on the cusp of profound change" ( New Statesman ), an award-winning journalist and leading international social researcher argue that the global population's inevitable decline will dramatically reshape our social, political, and economic landscape. "An ambitious reimagining of our demographic future."-- The New York Times Book Review For half a century, statisticians, pundits, and politicians have warned that a burgeoning population will soon overwhelm the ...
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER - In this "gripping narrative of a world on the cusp of profound change" ( New Statesman ), an award-winning journalist and leading international social researcher argue that the global population's inevitable decline will dramatically reshape our social, political, and economic landscape. "An ambitious reimagining of our demographic future."-- The New York Times Book Review 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. The United States and Canada are well positioned to successfully navigate these coming demographic shifts--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 the future that we can no longer prevent--but one that we can shape, if we choose.
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Book is well-written and readable but is entirely conventional in the authors' hide-bound, inside-the-box thinking. It is not interesting or original and doesn't provide any really interesting information to a reader who already understands that the world is facing a serious population decline and who bought the book hoping for some valuable insights into the situation, which is of enormous importance. The reader has the right to expect more. I do not recommend it.
