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Publication Info: The Overpopulation Project
Date of Publication: May 18
Year of Publication: 2021
Publication City: Gothenburg, Sweden
Publisher: Gothenburg University, Sweden
Author(s): Kelvin Thomson
Political leaders often bray about the need for continued population growth to benefit “the Economy.” In Australia, Covid-19 has provided a real-world test of the impacts of reduced migration and decreased population growth. So far, those impacts appear largely positive.
Population activists concerned about the damage that rapid growth is doing to our environment constantly bump up against economists and industry lobbyists who contend that population growth is necessary for the economy – in their view, the faster the better.
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