Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 2024-03-19
Books mentioned on Birthrates Are Plummeting Worldwide. Why?
Jennifer Sciubba recommended Extra Life by Steven Johnson and The Bet by Paul Sabin, and discussed The Population Bomb by Paul R. Ehrlich.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Population Bomb
Discussed“and what's so amazing about that is a lot of people may remember Paul Erick opened his 1968 book population Bomb by talking about a trip he made to India and there were people everywhere”
Where to get it
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Extra Life
Recommended“so I have three books that I love for different reasons so I love extra Life by Steven Johnson it's zooming out to say isn't it remarkable that we have basically added an extra life”
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The Bet
Recommended“I also love this book by Paul Sabin uh that I used to teach out of and it is called the BET Paul erlick Julian Simon and our gamble over Earth's future”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged 8 Billion and Counting
“Jennifer schuba is a political scientist a demographer and the author of the book 8 billion in counting asked her on the show to guide me through what these population numbers actually tell us”