Depopulation Won’t Save Us or the Planet

Tags: Media and Culture, Politics, Progressivism

05/12/2026 Lipton Matthews

The recent death of Paul Ehrlich reminds us that his crackpot overpopulation theories still are with us, even as they are being regularly discredited.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/depopulation-wont-save-us-or-planet

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