English | ASIN: B09HYXSVHZ | 2022 | 7 hours and 53 minutes | MP3 | M4B | 431 MB
A provocative description of the power of population change to create the conditions for societal transformation. As the world nears eight billion people, the countries that have led the global order since World War II are becoming the most aged societies in human history. At the same time, the world's poorest and least powerful countries are suffocating under an imbalance of population and resources. In 8 Billion and Counting, political demographer Jennifer D. Sciubba argues that a deeper understanding of fertility, mortality, and migration trends points us toward the investments we need to make today to shape the future we want tomorrow.