John Ibbitson
Auteur de Empty Planet: The Shock of Global Population Decline
Œuvres de John Ibbitson
The Big Shift: The Seismic Change in Canadian Politics, Business, and Culture and What It Means for Our Future (2013) 30 exemplaires
The Wimp and Easy Money 2 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1955
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Canada
- Lieu de naissance
- Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada
- Lieux de résidence
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - Études
- University of Toronto
- Professions
- journalist
Political columnist - Organisations
- The Globe and Mail
- Prix et distinctions
- Governor General's Literary Award
Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People
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Critiques
An outlier. No one talking about population DEcline. Social scientists making the argument for a variety of reasons. I felt hopeful that perhaps they have some solid ground to stand on and the population will not careen to disaster. pop-up selection; good conversation.
Interesting thesis of declining population due to decline fertility rates as a consequence of urbanisation and education of women.
Chapters sometimes repetitive
Chapters sometimes repetitive
very, very interesting. lots of info I had no idea about. Lots of praise for Canadian immigration policy
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 17
- Membres
- 416
- Popularité
- #58,580
- Évaluation
- 3.6
- Critiques
- 13
- ISBN
- 52
- Langues
- 1
Having developed my political beliefs and attitudes during the 1960's when these two men dominated Canada's government, this book was a nostalgic visit to my youth. Even though I lived through the period and have read biographies of both men, Ibbitson reveal some stories and issues I had not seen before. Great fun for the political and history junkie.… (plus d'informations)