🎧 The Human Tide
Archive of Dan Snow's History Hit 🎧
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38m
I was thrilled to chat to Paul Morland, a historian who uses population to explain almost all the major global shifts and events of the last two centuries. Using the power of sheer numbers, Paul has the answer to all the big questions - why China is going to get old long before it gets rich, why Russia is heading for disaster and the future if African, and why fertility rates are plunging where we would least expect it.
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