The population bust Zachary Karabell, Foreign Affairs Tuesday, August 20, 2019 The demographic future, in which population seems to be shrinking everywhere, could be a glass half full, by ameliorating the worst effects of climate change and resource depletion, or a glass half empty, by ending capitalism as we know it. Either way, the reversal of population trends is a paradigm shift of the first order and one that is almost completely unrecognized. © 2024 The Catholic Thing. All rights reserved. For reprint rights, write to: [email protected] The Catholic Thing is a forum for intelligent Catholic commentary. Opinions expressed by writers are solely their own.
The population bust
Zachary Karabell, Foreign Affairs
Tuesday, August 20, 2019