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Paul Ehrlich's Legacy—"The Population Bomb" Destroyed Lives
Season 18
Episode 72
Published 1 week, 4 days ago
Description
Paul Ehrlich recently died at the age of 93. His ideas about population control, the impact of "too many" people, and the methods he embraced to lower population impacted the behavior of people, policy, and nations for decades. We look at some examples and the most dangerous predictions that never came true and their fallout.