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After the Spike
The Risks of Global Depopulation and the Case for People
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An eye-opening exploration of humanity’s unprecedented path to global depopulation – and why it’s in everyone's interests to prevent it ‘Stunning … Essential reading’ DANIEL H. PINK‘Helps us understand this most dramatic period in human history’ HANNAH RITCHIE‘Dissolves our preconceptions about population through evidence, rigour and a deep...
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An eye-opening exploration of humanity’s unprecedented path to global depopulation – and why it’s in everyone's interests to prevent it
‘Stunning … Essential reading’ DANIEL H. PINK
‘Helps us understand this most dramatic period in human history’ HANNAH RITCHIE
‘Dissolves our preconceptions about population through evidence, rigour and a deep compassion for all’ TOBY ORD
What kind of future do we want?
If we continue as we are, the world’s population will peak within decades and then suddenly, rapidly decline. It is easy to imagine that fewer people would be better, for both the planet and people who remain. After the Spike asks us to think again.
In this deeply reasoned and profoundly empathetic look at our shrinking world, leading population economists Dean Spears and Michael Geruso explain why global depopulation makes it harder to escape poverty, disease and inequality – ultimately leaving us all worse off. Above all, they show how population revival, when grounded in freedom and support, goes hand in hand with a greener, healthier and fairer future for everyone.
‘A punchy read’ SUNDAY TIMES
‘Knocks down assumptions like skittles’ GUARDIAN
'We should all welcome After the Spike'LITERARY REVIEW
'Clear and comprehensive' OBSERVER
‘You really should read this’ NEW SCIENTIST
Book Details
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ISBN: 9781529939149
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 28 January 2027
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Vintage
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 320
About the Author
Dean Spears (Author) Dean Spears and Michael Geruso are economists, demographers and associate professors at the University of Texas at Austin. Spears is a founding executive director of r.i.c.e, a nonprofit that works to promote children's health, growth and survival in rural India. Geruso served as a senior economist at the White House Council of Economic Advisers under President Biden, where he advised on healthcare and population change. Their research on health, population, and climate change has been published in top peer-reviewed journals and featured in publications such as The New York Times, Economist and National Geographic. Mike Geruso (Author) Dean Spears and Michael Geruso are economists, demographers and associate professors at the University of Texas at Austin. Spears is a founding executive director of r.i.c.e, a nonprofit that works to promote children's health, growth and survival in rural India. Geruso served as a senior economist at the White House Council of Economic Advisers under President Biden, where he advised on healthcare and population change. Their research on health, population, and climate change has been published in top peer-reviewed journals and featured in publications such as The New York Times, Economist and National Geographic.
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