#144 Nicholas Eberstadt on Demographics
The Cognitive Crucible
The Paradox of Natural Resources
The more people there are in the world, the higher the world's level of output. That certainly doesn't comport with the Malthusian view of the world. Part of the economizing process that makes for productivity and efficiency is eliminating or minimizing waste.
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During this episode, Nicholas Eberstadt of the American Enterprise Institute discusses demographic forces which have national security implications. Specifically, Nicholas recaps population dynamics which are unfolding in China, Russia, the United States, and the greater Middle East and broadly construed Islamic community.
Research Question: Dr. Eberstadt believes interested students should investigate the paradox that exists between greater human population and the inflation-adjusted price of natural resources. What’s the answer to this paradox?
Resources:
- Cognitive Crucible Podcast Episodes Mentioned
- Nicholas Eberstadt’s AEI Profile
- The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu and Ken Liu
Link to full show notes and resources
https://information-professionals.org/episode/cognitive-crucible-episode-144
Guest Bio: Nicholas Eberstadt holds the Henry Wendt Chair in Political Economy at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where he researches and writes extensively on demographics and economic development generally, and more specifically on international security in the Korean peninsula and Asia. Domestically, he focuses on poverty and social well-being. Dr. Eberstadt is also a senior adviser to the National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR).
His many books and monographs include “Poverty in China” (IDI, 1979); “The Tyranny of Numbers” (AEI Press, 1995); “The End of North Korea” (AEI Press, 1999); “The Poverty of the Poverty Rate” (AEI Press, 2008); and “Russia’s Peacetime Demographic Crisis” (NBR, 2010). His latest book is “Men Without Work: America’s Invisible Crisis” (Templeton Press, 2016).
He has offered invited testimony before Congress on numerous occasions and has served as consultant or adviser for a variety of units within the US government. His appearances on radio and television range from NPR to CNN’s “The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer.”
Mr. Eberstadt has a PhD in political economy and government, an MPA from the Kennedy School of Government, and an AB from Harvard University. In addition, he holds a master of science from the London School of Economics.
In 2012, Mr. Eberstadt was awarded the prestigious Bradley Prize.
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