Published Mar 10, 2020
The Bomb That Didn't Explode
Shankar Vedantam explores global demographic shifts impacting economies and cultural dynamics, focusing on the aging population's effect on generational support ratios in high-income countries and the intricate link between population trends and environmental sustainability with insights from Sara Harper.

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