The population bomb didn’t detonate. Turns out there’s a new problem.

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By Nathanael JohnsonJul 17, 2020, 3:58 am226 pts
Ever since Thomas Mathus got it started in 1798, people have been warning that population growth, given enough time, would lead to famine and environmental destruction. There would eventually be too many mouths to feed. But now a new study, published in The Lancet, forecasts new threats to the economic and…

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