The coming population crash
by Fred Pearce · first published 2010
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Pearce chronicles nearly 200 years of demographic issues, beginning with efforts to contain the demographic explosion, from the early environmental movement's racism and involvement in eugenics to coercive family-planning policies in China and India.
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Thanks! My comment is basically a tl;dr of a book I read called "The Coming Population Crash and Our Planet's Surprising Future" (http://www.amazon.com/The-Coming-Population-Crash-Surprising...). Terrible title for a great book that isn't nearly as alarmist as it sounds. If anything it covers how we're not breeding to replacement…
on “China reforms: One-child policy to be relaxed” ↗And maybe once you're done with that, you can read a rebuttal of sorts: http://www.amazon.com/Coming-Population-Crash-Planets-Surpri...
on “What percentage of people are alive today?” ↗