Posts Tagged ‘population bomb’

The Population Scare

Before global warming, the issue that worked up enviros was population. It’s mostly a sleeper these days because of the (religious and racial) politics surrounding it, so all the big green groups shy away from it, or otherwise tread (very) carefully. But earlier this week, Fred Pearce snapped the slumbering giant awake with this post,…Continue Reading…

The Ehrlich Legacy

“The Population Bomb” is number three on Daniel Drezner’s top ten worst books in international relations. First, he [Ehrlich] was wrong on the specifics.  Second, by garnering so much attention by being wrong, he contributed to the belief that alarmism was the best way to get people to pay attention to the environment.  Third, by…Continue Reading…