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#84 – Dean Spears on the Case for People
Episode 84
Saturday, 1 November, 2025

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. You can see a full transcript and a list of resources on the episode page on our website. We're back from a hiatus! We still intend to post new episodes, but less frequently from now. You can get in touch through our website or on Twitter. Thanks for listening.