{"product_id":"after-the-spike","title":"After the Spike","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn eye-opening exploration of humanity’s unprecedented path to global depopulation and why it's in everyone's interests to prevent it.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Stunning … essential reading'\u003c\/b\u003e DANIEL H. PINK, author of \u003ci\u003eDrive\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf we continue as we are, the world’s population will peak in the next few decades – and then begin a sudden, rapid decline. It would be easy to think that fewer people would be better: better for the planet, better for the people who remain. In \u003ci\u003eAfter the Spike\u003c\/i\u003e, two leading population economists ask us to think again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCarefully weighing the evidence that surrounds this controversial subject, Dean Spears and Mike Geruso explain why depopulation is not the solution some purport it to be. Instead, as humanity’s future shrinks it will become increasingly fragile and less certain, making it even harder to escape poverty, disease and injustice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHalting this decline need not mean sacrificing a greener future or reverting to past inequities; in fact, it can only be achieved with women’s reproductive rights and individual choice as driving forces. But if we want future generations to enjoy lives better than our own, it’s time to take seriously our collective task of lifting the burdens of parents and other carers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeeply reasoned and uncompromisingly humane, \u003ci\u003eAfter the Spike \u003c\/i\u003esheds important light on a dramatic shift in the human story and asks us to consider what future we want – for our planet, our children, and one another.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Remarkable … has challenged, and changed, my thinking about population’ \u003c\/b\u003ePETER SINGER, author of \u003ci\u003eAnimal Liberation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Dissolves our preconceptions through evidence, rigour and a deep compassion for all’ \u003c\/b\u003eTOBY ORD, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Precipice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Insights and rigour are matched by a human and empathetic narrative throughout’ \u003c\/b\u003eHANNAH RITCHIE, author of \u003ci\u003eNot the End of the World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘I had my mind blown over and over’ \u003c\/b\u003eZACH WEINERSMITH, coauthor of\u003ci\u003e A City on Mars\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54250075980120,"sku":"9781847928351","price":27.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781847928351.jpg?v=1777883448","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/after-the-spike","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}