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Ridgewood NJ, for much of the 20th century, fears of overpopulation dominated public discourse. After the post-World War II baby boom, which saw 76 million births in just 18 years in the U.S. alone, many believed the world was teetering on the edge of overcrowding. This concern was famously captured in Paul Ehrlich’s 1968 book The Population Bomb, which warned that unchecked population growth would lead to widespread famine, pollution, and even societal collapse.
Continue reading The Global Baby Bust: Why Birth Rates Are Falling and What It Means for the Future
