Stephen J Shaw: Are falling birth rates a crisis for humanity?
Stephen J Shaw: Are falling birth rates a crisis for humanity?  
Podcast: HARDtalk
Published On: Mon May 27 2024
Description: Stephen Sackur speaks to the data scientist Stephen J Shaw, who argues that humanity faces a looming demographic crisis, with falling birth rates having dire economic and social consequences. But in an age of economic turbulence and ecological concern, do we really want to be promoting the idea that humans need to have more babies?