Is the Planet Running Out of People? with Paul Morland

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🗓️ 19 August 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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The author and broadcaster Paul Morland is one of the UK’s leading thinkers on demographics – the study of population and its characteristics. Morland has been an associate research fellow at Birkbeck, University of London, and is a senior member at St Antony's College, Oxford. He last joined Intelligence Squared in 2022 and now returns to discuss his new book, No One Left. As that title suggests, Morland says the world is facing something of a crisis, with various nations facing population decline which could lead to consequences that range from labour shortages to ballooning debt. Joining him to discuss the issue is Eir Nolsøe, senior economics reporter at the Telegraph. We are sponsored by Indeed. Go to Indeed.com/IS for £100 sponsored credit. If you'd like to become a Member and get access to all of our longer form interviews and Members-only content, just visit intelligencesquared.com/membership to find out more. For £4.99 per month you'll also receive: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared episodes, wherever you get your podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series - 15% discount on livestreams and in-person tickets for all Intelligence Squared events - Our member-only newsletter The Monthly Read, sent straight to your inbox ... Or Subscribe on Apple for £4.99: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series ... Already a subscriber? Thank you for supporting our mission to foster honest debate and compelling conversations! Visit intelligencesquared.com to explore all your benefits including ad-free podcasts, exclusive bonus content and early access. ... Subscribe to our newsletter here to hear about our latest events, discounts and much more. https://www.intelligencesquared.com/newsletter-signup/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:44.0	Welcome to Intelligence Squared where great minds meet.
0:50.0	I'm head of programming, Connor Boyle.
0:52.0	For this episode we welcome back Paul Moreland. Meet, I'm head of programming, Connor Boyle.
0:52.6	For this episode we welcome back Paul Moreland, the author and broadcaster who is one of the UK's
0:57.8	leading thinkers on demographics, the study of population and its characteristics, who last joined us in 2022. He's back
1:05.1	with a new book, No One Left, Why the World Needs Morelains Says the
1:11.6	world is facing something of a crisis with various
1:14.3	nations facing population decline leading to consequences that range from
1:18.6	labor shortages to ballooning death. Joining him to discuss it is Ernie also, senior economics reporter at the Telegraph.
1:25.6	Let's join Er now with more.
1:28.0	Paul, I'm thrilled to have you here today. I very much enjoyed reading your book. Thank you. And I'll say it didn't make me feel slightly
1:35.6	alarmed. So just to start, how worried should we be about this decline in birth
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