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Empty Planet
- The Shock of Global Population Decline
- De: Darrell Bricker, John Ibbitson
- Narrado por: Robert Petkoff
- Duración: 8 h y 40 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 26
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 24
Throughout history, depopulation was the product of catastrophe: ice ages, plagues, the collapse of civilisations. This time, however, we're thinning ourselves deliberately, by choosing to have fewer babies than we need to replace ourselves. In much of the developed and developing world, that decline is already underway, as urbanisation, women's empowerment, and waning religiosity lead to smaller and smaller families. In Empty Planet, Ibbitson and Bricker draw on a wealth of research and firsthand reporting to illustrate the dramatic consequences of this population decline.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not really suited to an audio book
- De Amazon Customer en 10-25-21
- Empty Planet
- The Shock of Global Population Decline
- De: Darrell Bricker, John Ibbitson
- Narrado por: Robert Petkoff
Not really suited to an audio book
Revisado: 10-25-21
Interesting enough and narrated well.
I expected more data and logical reasoning, very often the authors just made assertions like "this is plain wrong" without any argument. Maybe this topic is not suited to an audio book, maybe the printed version has links to data sources, charts etc.
The authors made many assertions without proving or constructing any theory of causation, a number of the assertions run counter to what i have observed and I was hoping this book would explain to me why my conclusions are incorrect. For example the Covid19 lockdowns in my country (borders closed to immigrants) and the Trump inspired reduction in unskilled migrants has caused a surge in the wages of the native unskilled. Yet all the authors could say is "this is plain wrong" without any supporting argument. I could not shake the feeling that a lot of the book was written from the standpoint of economic and social privilege
The authors often strayed from their area of expertise. Being a demographer does not seem to bestow any insights into economics.
In short a bit of a polemic
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