94: Reporting on Population – Sense and Nonsense

GrowthBusters by GrowthBusters

Nov 18, 202552:30Government & Organizations

Population growth is making headlines for the wrong reason or with a biased perspective. It's too easy to draw erroneous conclusions about dropping fertility rates around the world. A surge of news stories from NPR compe...

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