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May 18, 2020
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Aaron Timms
Making Life Cheap
Population control, herd immunity, and other anti-humanist fables
April 2, 2020
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J.C. Pan
Disinvestment Made Our Cities a Powder Keg in a Pandemic
New York doesn’t have a density problem. It has an austerity problem.
December 21, 2015
Jessica Prois
Voluntary Birth Control Is a Climate Change Solution Nobody Wants To Talk About
A growing population means greater environmental strain. The solution could be rooted in women's rights.
June 28, 2014
Elizabeth Winkler
China's One-Child Policy May Be Making the Country More Violent
A 1 percent increase in the ratio between the sexes leads to a 5 percent increase in the crime rate
February 8, 2013
Ruy Teixeira
Baby Talk
Do low fertility rates spell economic collapse?
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