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The A(braham) Bomb
What Really Matters with Walter Russell Mead
The Population Bomb by Paul Erlich
Walter Mosley: The Population Bomb by Paul Erlich is a classic example of utter quackery. He was 17 years old when the book came out and everybody talked about it. When we look at the whole thing kind of in retrospect, it does seem pretty clear that there are some dynamics associated with economic growth and development and population.Mosley: It appears that the advent of modern medicine and modern knowledge in the beginning does cause very rapid population growth,. especially in poor and rural countries.
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