TY - BOOK AU - Bricker,Darrell Jay AU - Ibbitson,John TI - Empty planet: the shock of global population decline SN - 9781984823212 PY - 2019///] CY - New York PB - Crown Publishers KW - Demographic transition KW - Population KW - Social aspects KW - Economic aspects N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; A brief history of population -- Malthus and sons -- The greying of Europe -- Asia: the price of miracles -- The economics of babies -- The Africa question -- Shutting down the factory in Brazil -- Push and pull migration -- The Elephant rises, the Dragon declines -- The second American century -- Cultural extinction in an age of decline -- The Canadian solution -- What lies ahead N2 - Explores the pros and cons of a declining global population, including worker shortages, lower risk of famine, and greater affluence and autonomy for women ER -