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Massimo Livi Bacci

Emeritus Professor of Demography, University of Florence, Italy
Environment and development

Four compelling reasons to fear population growth

March 10, 2021February 11, 2019 Massimo Livi Bacci
Demography, Environment, Human capital, population

Following on from last week’s article, Massimo Livi Bacci details four specific threats to human survival (or, at least, quality of survival) that are directly linked to population growth. Four … Read more

Education, work, economy (socio-economic differences)

Malthus, forever?

March 10, 2021February 4, 2019 Massimo Livi Bacci
Demography, Migration, mobility, population

Malthus is long dead, but his ideas live on and are still widely debated today. Massimo Livi Bacci argues that he was probably right, after all. Malthus and the limits … Read more

Environment and development

The Union and the study of population: 1947-1994

March 10, 2021December 17, 2018 Massimo Livi Bacci
Demography, population

In the 90 years since its foundation in 1928, the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP), or simply the Union, has been very active in the field … Read more

Environment and development

Thinking about the future: the four billion question

March 8, 2021February 12, 2018 Massimo Livi Bacci
Demography, Environment, population

The “population question”, central to the debate about humankind’s future since the 18th century, has slipped away from center stage and fallen into a coma in recent years. The international … Read more

Individual and population ageing, age structure

The shrinking population of Europe, ageing and productivity

August 20, 2022October 10, 2016 Massimo Livi Bacci
Europe, Old age, population, population ageing

Europe’s population is bound to shrink before 2050: according to the latest revision (2015, medium variant) of the UN (2015) projections, it will decline by 4.5% (31 million) between 2015 … Read more

Environment and development

The United Nations Agenda for Sustainable Development

March 3, 2021January 4, 2016 Massimo Livi Bacci
Africa, Americas, Asia, Demography, Europe, Oceania, population

The United Nations Sustainable Development Summit was held in New York on 25-27 September 2015. The 193-member UN General Assembly formally adopted the ambitious agenda “Transforming Our World: 2030 Agenda … Read more

Environment and development

Pauperia and Tycoonia: Population and Sustainability

February 23, 2021July 14, 2015 Massimo Livi Bacci
Human capital, Mortality, world

Once upon a time, population was a central issue in the international debate on the future of the planet. Despite profound ideological and political differences among the major players of … Read more

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