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Rethinking the population problem.(SECOND THOUGHTS)

The Public Interest

| March 22, 2005 | Eberstadt, Nicholas | COPYRIGHT 2005 The National Affairs, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

I FIRST met Lord Peter Tamas Bauer (1917-2002) in October 1977, five years before the already eminent professor was made a life peer for his pioneering contributions to the field of development economics. For me, this was a fateful encounter, a milestone on an entirely unexpected intellectual journey.

At the time, I was 21--and, as anyone who knew me way back then can attest, I was very Left. One of my first courses at the London School of Economics that semester was "The Economic Analysis of Underdeveloped Areas," co-taught by Bauer and Professor Hla Myint. To put the matter plainly: Bauer was an absolutely infuriating professor. At his lectures, he would ...

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