According to Mike Davis’s depressing book, Planet of Slums, by 2006 more than one billion people were living in mega-slums, mainly in South America and Africa.
The problem is not only starvation; it’s also immiseration. The good reverend is correct. If we can’t control our numbers, natural disasters will.
According to Mike Davis’s depressing book, Planet of Slums, by 2006 more than one billion people were living in mega-slums, mainly in South America and Africa.
The problem is not only starvation; it’s also immiseration. The good reverend is correct. If we can’t control our numbers, natural disasters will.
Malthus is justified in wagging his bony finger.
Thank you, Zack.