Radical depopulationist Paul Ehrlich has died – good riddance

 American biologist and depopulationist Paul Ehrlich died on 13 March 2026. He was the Bing Professor of Population Studies at Stanford University and known for his 1968 book ‘The Population Bomb’ co-authored with his wife, Anne Ehrlich.

The book warned of impending global famine and societal collapse due to overpopulation, famously predicting that “hundreds of millions of people will starve to death” in the 1970s and 1980s.

Though many of his predictions did not materialise, Ehrlich remained a prominent voice in environmental science, advocating for population sustainability – i.e., population reduction and control....<<<Read More>>>...