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Welcoming growth as world population hits 8 billion
October 04, 2022
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CWN Editor's Note: With the UN predicting that the world’s population will hit 8 billion this month, William McGurn of the Wall Street Journal asks: “Are human beings good?”
If human life is a good thing, McGurn reasons, we should celebrate the growth of the species. Citing the work of the late Julian Simon, and a new book entitled Superabundance, he makes the case that population growth is not a danger but a blessing.
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