Culture | Population and prosperity

More people mean more innovation, not just more consumption

So a rising population can solve many of the problems it causes, argues “Superabundance”

Big crowd of people. People gathered together in one place. Top view from drone.

Superabundance: The Story of Population Growth, Innovation and Human Flourishing on an Infinitely Bountiful Planet. By Marian Tupy and Gale Pooley. Cato Institute; 655 pages; $34.95

This article appeared in the Culture section of the print edition under the headline “People power”

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