Joel Cohen: An Introduction to Demography (Malthus Miffed: Are People the Problem?) | Big Think

Joel Cohen: An Introduction to Demography (Malthus Miffed: Are People the Problem?) Watch the newest video from Big Think: Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Professor Joel Cohen first asks and answers the question, “How did humans grow from small populations on the African savannah to almost seven billion people?“ After holding steady for thousands of years, the world population exploded after 1800, more than tripling in 200 years. And while the rate of population growth is slowing down, Cohen shows how high birth rates in poor countries are turning societies on their head and leading to explosive problems in the future. Can we prevent an outcome where rich western countries are in permanent population decline while cities in Africa, South America, and Asia swell into massively overcrowded slums with no access to education, healthcare, or hope? Coh