Dean Spears and Michael Geruso are economists, demographers, and associate professors at the University of Texas at Austin. Their book After the Spike: Population, Progress, and the Case for People is out on July 8, 2025.
In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk, Dean Spears and Michael Geruso explore how a higher population really impacts climate change, why more people on the planet means more improvements in living standards, and how we can avoid depopulation.
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