OVERPOPULATION myths continue to grab headlines — and continue to be wrong. For instance, from 1900 to 2000, world population went from 1.6 billion to 6.1 billion. Yet, real gross domestic product increased about 30 times, allowing the world not only to sustain the larger population, but also to do so at vastly higher standards of living.
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