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Is demography destiny?

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In the first of five programmes discussing how we should respond to population change around the world, Amol Rajan and guests ask, β€˜Is demography destiny?'

In a new five-part Rethink series, Amol Rajan and guests challenge some of our long-held assumptions about population change. Are there really too many people in the world - or will some countries actually end up with too few?

GUESTS

Rt Hon. Lord David Willets, President of the Advisory Council and Intergenerational Centre of the Resolution Foundation

Professor Anna Rotkirch, Director, Population Research Institute, VΓ€estΓΆliitto, Finland

Professor Ian Goldin, Professor of Globalisation and Development at the University of Oxford

Poonam Muttreja, Executive Director, Population Foundation of India

Presenter: Amol Rajan
Producer: Rob Walker
Editor: Kirsty Reid

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Sat 8 Jan 2022 19:15

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