Dean Spears on the Case for People

Nov 1, 2025
1h 43m

Episode Description

Dean Spears is an an Economic Demographer, Development Economist, and Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Texas at Austin. With Michael Geruso, Dean is the co-author of After the Spike: Population, Progress, and the Case for People.

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