Forget flash graphics, Prof. Hans Rosling dispels the myth that saving poor children’s lives will lead to overpopulation with a compelling analogue rebuttal.

“The fact is that a laissez faire approach to development—letting children die now so they don’t starve later—doesn’t actually work, thank goodness. It may be counterintuitive, but the countries with the most deaths have among the fastest-growing populations in the world. This is because the women in these countries tend to have the most births, too. Scholars debate the precise reasons why, but the correlation between child death and birth rates is strong.”

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