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Article: Paul and Anne Ehrlich. (interview with population control advocates)(Interview)
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- E Magazine
- Article date:
- November 1, 1996
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The Countdown Continues on the Population Bomb
Paul and Anne Ehrlich, Stanford University professors and population control advocates, don't suffer fools gladly, as this frank discussion with them makes clear. As in their new Island Press book, Betrayal of Science and Reason, the Ehrlichs rely on hard scientific data, not rosy speculation and optimistic fantasy. They have been the country's best-known population authorities for 30 years, since Paul Ehrlich published The Population Bomb, which argued forcefully that the planet was positioning itself for catastrophic human overcrowding, food shortages and mass starvation.
It was while doing field study on ...