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Daily: Baby Boom or Bust? The new population crisis

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With the global population set to hit 8 billion in 2022, are we really in the midst of a new population crisis? Or do climate change and migration mean the problem today is underpopulation, not overpopulation? Jelena Sofronijevic talks to anthropologist Anna Walnycki and Bryan Walsh of Vox’s Future Perfect about the dark, discriminatory debates over birth rates, why governments are cutting migration just when we need more people than ever before…and how pro-natal policies are curbing human rights in Hungary, Poland, and China.

  • “We're seeing anti-immigration policies at the time when immigration is more important than ever in balancing out the global population.” - Bryan Walsh
  • “Overpopulation doesn't happen in countries, it happens in cities.” - Anna Walnycki
  • “Scenes of overpopulation are really scenes of poor planning.” - Anna Walnycki
  • “Governments should be making it as easy as possible to be a parent with pro-family, not pro-natal policies.” - Bryan Walsh
  • “Scandinavia is simply a better place to be a parent and a child.” - Bryan Walsh


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