Media on After the Spike

Links to reviews and essays at the WSJ, the Guardian, Booklist, The Sunday Times, India Forum, The Dispatch, and more

"Contrary to Ehrlich’s 1960s arguments Spears and Geruso convincingly argue that things have improved for humans as our numbers have grown. “Progress comes from people” is their attitude. Rather than using up finite resources, having more people has meant more technological advancements and richer, better lives for everyone." "...this is not the book I expected. Crucially, it argues that reproductive freedom should go hand in hand with raising birth rates." Tom Calver reviews.

It’s time for everyone to engage in the depopulation debate, says Dean Spears, a co-author of After the Spike. Hosted by Hanna Rosin.

An interview and Q&A for TIME magazine by Belinda Luscombe

Mike will be in conversation with Prof. Katy Milkman. FAN is hosting this as an online event that is free and open to the public on September 17, 2025 at 7pm CT. Register here.

Book Talks Coming to: The University of Pennsylvania's Population Studies Center, UCLA's California Center for Population Research, University of Kentucky Patterson School of Diplomacy, Middlebury College, John's Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies, Yale University School of Public Health, University of Oklahoma, University of Utah, Hunter College (CUNY) Institute for Demographic Research, Imperial College London, UC San Diego, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, University of York.

Can population decline help address climate change?

Dean talks with Tim Franks about After the Spike.