Apocalypse Maybe

The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

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Politics, News

4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2022

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

Cato Institute uberwonk Marian Tupy returns to the Remnant to discuss his new book, Superabundance: The Story of Population Growth, Innovation, and Human Flourishing on an Infinitely Bountiful Planet. For some time, the idea that overpopulation will deplete the world of its resources has been popular in sociology. In this extra-long, extra-nerdy outing, Marian explains why its proponents are mistaken. He and Jonah also explore how nations become prosperous, the problem of collapsing fertility rates, and the appeal of apocalyptic predictions.

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0:00.0	Oh
0:14.2	Well, I didn't gentlemen
0:16.4	Can I please have your attention
0:18.4	I
0:27.6	Greetings your listeners. This is John Egoldberg. Oh, this is Remnant podcast brought to you by the dispatch and dispatch media
0:33.6	I'm very excited for today's
0:36.2	episode
0:39.4	There's a long time listeners know I
0:41.4	I got my start in Washington working for this guy Ben Wattenberg who was sort of among his the Hatsy War was he was a
0:52.4	self-taught
0:53.4	Demographer wrote a book called The Birth Thirst which the argument of which was that
0:57.9	Falling populations are a much bigger problem than rising populations
1:02.1	Um, I got to hang out with the great Julian Simon who we'll talk about in a minute
1:06.8	um a little bit
1:08.4	It was he was to use a term from social science and odd duck but a brilliant guy and um
1:16.0	And so today in the spirit of all of that we have
1:19.4	Um, I really I have to say a fantastic book. I was a little skeptical that about a
1:25.6	A book on these themes breaking new ground, but this really does and
1:29.3	um, it is super abundance the story of population growth innovation and human flourishing on an infinitely
1:38.2	Bountiful planet
1:40.2	It is written by my my good friend Marion L. Tupi of the Kato Institute
1:45.5	Um and gale L
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