44 min
Population Growth Hysteria is at the Root of Many Evils Meeting of Minds Podcast
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- Society & Culture
Dr. Peter Jacobsen teaches economics at the Gwartney Center at Ottawa University, where he also heads up the MBA program. He is one of the hosts of the Faith and Economics podcast. On this episode, Dr. Jacobsen speaks in depth about the errors of population growth hysteria; how it was imposed on poor nations by rich nations; why it’s bad economics; and why it is still causing harm in places like China. Jacobsen also talks about the reality of inflation and why some were unable to see it coming, and whether cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin can be an antidote to debasement of currency.
Timestamps:
0:00 – Intro5:26 – How the one child policy is destroying China13:24 – Malthus wouldn’t be a Malthusian today18:30 – Population control and war25:50 – Immigration and overpopulation27:56 – Inflation33:33 – Crypto offers currency competition38:08 – Bitcoin and deflation40:42 – Malthus didn’t account for entrepreneurship
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Dr. Peter Jacobsen teaches economics at the Gwartney Center at Ottawa University, where he also heads up the MBA program. He is one of the hosts of the Faith and Economics podcast. On this episode, Dr. Jacobsen speaks in depth about the errors of population growth hysteria; how it was imposed on poor nations by rich nations; why it’s bad economics; and why it is still causing harm in places like China. Jacobsen also talks about the reality of inflation and why some were unable to see it coming, and whether cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin can be an antidote to debasement of currency.
Timestamps:
0:00 – Intro5:26 – How the one child policy is destroying China13:24 – Malthus wouldn’t be a Malthusian today18:30 – Population control and war25:50 – Immigration and overpopulation27:56 – Inflation33:33 – Crypto offers currency competition38:08 – Bitcoin and deflation40:42 – Malthus didn’t account for entrepreneurship
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
44 min