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After the Spike

By Michael Geruso

After the Spike Books

After the Spike

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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, author of Drive If we continue as we are, the world's population will peak in the next few decades - and then begin a sudden, rapid decline. It would be easy to think that fewer people would be better: better for the planet, better for the people who remain. In After the Spike, two leading population economists ask us to think again. Carefully weighing the evidence that surrounds this controversial subject, Dean Spears and Mike Geruso explain why depopulation is not the solution some purport it to be. Instead, as humanity's future shrinks it will become increasingly fragile and less certain, making it even harder to escape poverty, disease and injustice. Halting this decline need not mean sacrificing a greener future or reverting to past inequities; in fact, it can only be achieved with women's reproductive rights and individual choice as driving forces. But if we want future generations to enjoy lives better than our own, it's time to take seriously our collective task of lifting the burdens of parents and other carers. Deeply reasoned and uncompromisingly humane, After the Spike sheds important light on a dramatic shift in the human story and asks us to consider what future we want - for our planet, our children, and one another. 'Remarkable ... has challenged, and changed, my thinking about population' PETER SINGER, author of Animal Liberation 'Dissolves our preconceptions through evidence, rigour and a deep compassion for all' TOBY ORD, author of The Precipice 'Insights and rigour are matched by a human and empathetic narrative throughout' HANNAH RITCHIE, author of Not the End of the World 'I had my mind blown over and over' ZACH WEINERSMITH, coauthor of A City on Mars
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
320
Release Date:
2025-07-10
Publication Date:
2025-07-10
Publisher:
Random House UK Ltd
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1847928366
ISBN13:
9781847928368
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
392 g
Height:
155 cm
Width:
233 cm
Thickness:
27 cm

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