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Population
June 13, 2024
Thom Hartmann
Why Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos Want Women to Stay Barefoot and Pregnant
The right says otherwise, and the media goes along, but history proves over and over that population decline is a good thing.
May 18, 2020
Magazine
Aaron Timms
Making Life Cheap
Population control, herd immunity, and other anti-humanist fables
April 2, 2020
J.C. Pan
Disinvestment Made Our Cities a Powder Keg in a Pandemic
New York doesn’t have a density problem. It has an austerity problem.
December 21, 2015
Jessica Prois
Voluntary Birth Control Is a Climate Change Solution Nobody Wants To Talk About
A growing population means greater environmental strain. The solution could be rooted in women's rights.
June 28, 2014
Elizabeth Winkler
China's One-Child Policy May Be Making the Country More Violent
A 1 percent increase in the ratio between the sexes leads to a 5 percent increase in the crime rate
February 8, 2013
Ruy Teixeira
Baby Talk
Do low fertility rates spell economic collapse?
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