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“dean spears”

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  • After the Spike

    Population, Progress, and the Case for People

    by Michael Geruso, Dean Spears ...
    NATIONAL BESTSELLERWhat if the challenge for humanity’s future is not too many people on a crowded planet, but too few people to sustain the progress that the world needs?Most people on Earth today live in a country where birth rates already are too low to stabilize the population: fewer than two children for every two adults. In After the Spike, economists Dean Spears and Michael Geruso sound a ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Air

    Pollution, Climate Change and India's Choice Between Policy and Pretence

    by Dean Spears ...
    India's air pollution is a deadly threat. Will its politics meet the challenge?Exposure to the world's worst air pollution kills over a million Indians each year. It also affects children's growth and threatens the economy and health of the next generation. No family can save itself from the collective danger of pollution. That is the task of governments, which, instead, have enacted showy, ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Where India Goes

    Abandoned Toilets, Stunted Development and the Costs of Caste

    by Diane Coffey, Dean Spears ...
    More than half the people who defecate in the open live in India.Around the world, people live healthier lives than in centuries past, in part because latrines keep faecal germs away from growing babies. India is an exception. Most Indians do not use toilets or latrines, and so infants in India are more likely to die than in neighbouring poorer countries. Children in India are more likely to be ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

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    After the Spike

    by Michael Geruso, Dean Spears ...
    Narrated by Sean Patrick Hopkins ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 14 min

    NATIONAL BESTSELLERWhat if the challenge for humanity’s future is not too many people on a crowded planet, but too few people to sustain the progress that the world needs?Most people on Earth today live in a country where birth rates already are too low to stabilize the population: fewer than two children for every two adults. In After the Spike, economists Dean Spears and Michael Geruso sound a ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

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    Where India Goes

    by Diane Coffey, Dean Spears ...
    Narrated by Shaswatishree Sharma ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 3 min

    Around the world, people live healthier lives than in centuries past, in part because latrines keep faecal germs away from growing babies. India is an exception. Most Indians do not use toilets or latrines, and so infants in India are more likely to die than in neighbouring poorer countries. Children in India are more likely to be stunted than children in sub-Saharan Africa. Where India Goes ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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    by Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker, Anders Wijkman ...
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  • The Most Good You Can Do

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  • An Uncertain Glory

    India and its Contradictions

    by Jean Drèze, Amartya Sen ...
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  • The Road to Freedom

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