Stephen J Shaw - Are we facing a disastrous spiral of depopulation?

Published: May 27, 2024, 7:30 a.m.

Stephen Sackur speaks to the data scientist Stephen J Shaw who says humanity faces a looming demographic crisis, with falling birth rates having dire economic and social consequences. But in an age of economic turbulence and ecological concern do we really want to be promoting the idea that humans need to have more babies?