Malthus

World Population Day and the Scandal of Anti-Malthusianism

Eric Kaufmann | Posted 09.09.2012 | UK Politics
Eric Kaufmann

11 July, according to the UN, is World Population Day. The aim is to ensure universal access for the world's women to reproductive health services, including, in the fine print, voluntary family planning. In truth, the latter offers what is arguably the most cost-effective means of reducing human misery in the long term.