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Paul R. Ehrlich

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American biologist and environmentalist noted for his warning about population growth being unsustainable

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Earth Sciences
#31
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#94
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#15
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Environmental Science
#1
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#1
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#1
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earth-sciences Degrees
Biology
#55
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#104
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#34
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Ecology
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#9
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#5
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biology Degrees

Why Is Paul R. Ehrlich Influential?

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According to Wikipedia, Paul Ralph Ehrlich is an American biologist best known for his pessimistic—and wildly inaccurate—predictions and warnings about the consequences of population growth and limited resources. Ehrlich became well known for the controversial 1968 book The Population Bomb which he co-authored with his wife Anne H. Ehrlich, in which they famously—and erroneously—stated that "[i]n the 1970s hundreds of millions of people will starve to death in spite of any crash programs embarked upon now." Among the solutions suggested in that book was population control, including "various forms of coercion" such as eliminating "tax benefits for having additional children," to be used if voluntary methods were to fail, as well as letting "hopeless" countries like India starve to death. Highlighting Ehrlich's failed predictions, American journalist Jonathan V. Last has called The Population Bomb "one of the most spectacularly foolish books ever published".

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Paul R. Ehrlich's Published Works

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