Darrell Bricker

From the authors of the bestselling The Big Shift, a provocative argument that the global population will soon begin to decline, dramatically reshaping the social, political, and economic landscape.For half a century, statisticians, pundits, and politicians have warned that a burgeoning population will soon overwhelm the earths resources. But a growing number of experts are sounding a different alarm. Rather than continuing to increase exponentially, they argue, the global population is headed for a steep declineand in many countries, that decline has already begun.In Empty Planet, international social researcher Darrell Bricker and award-winning journalist John Ibbitson find that a smaller global population will bring with it many benefits: Fewer workers will command higher wages, the environment will improve, the risk of famine will wane, and falling birthrates in the developing world will bring greater affluence and autonomy for women. But enormous disruption lies ahead, too. The United States and Canada are well positioned to successfully navigate these coming demographic shiftsunless growing isolationism leads us to close ourselves off just as openness becomes more critical to our survival than ever.Rigorously researched and deeply compelling, Empty Planet offers a vision of the future that we can no longer preventbut one that we can shape, if we choose.

From the authors of The Big Shift and Empty Planet, a timely and provocative exploration of the seismic forces reshaping Canadas political, cultural, and economic landscape.Darrell Bricker and John Ibbitsons explosive new polemic, arrives in the midst of the greatest political crisis Canada has ever faced. The country stands at risk. Even before Donald Trump returned to the U.S. presidency, brandishing tariffs and threats of annexation, Canada had started to crack. Year after year of decisions deferred, problems ignored, and cans kicked carelessly down the road have created dangerous fissures. Stifling regulations drag down the economy. Younger people feel angry and alienated by dizzying housing prices and gig jobs. Regional tensions threaten unity in both Quebec and the Prairies. The immigration system is broken. And Canada stands alone, having failed to pay the cost of defending itself. Canadians elected a former bank governor to fix all this. But can the Liberals get us out of the mess they helped get us into? What future awaits the progressive and conservative coalitions? Will the Laurentian elites continue to misgovern, or are there alternatives? The country is at a breaking point. Canadians must act to save it before they lose it. Provocative, urgent, and unapologetically candid, Breaking Point will ignite debate, dominate political discourse, and become the definitive guide to understanding what is shaping up to be one of the most turbulent eras in Canadian history.

**A SUNDAY TIMES MUST-READ**Riveting and vitally important - Steven PinkerA gripping narrative of a world on the cusp of profound change - Anjana Ahuja, New StatesmanEmpty Planet offers a radical, provocative argument that the global population will soon begin to decline, dramatically reshaping the social, political and economic landscape.For half a century, statisticians, pundits and politicians have warned that a burgeoning planetary population will soon overwhelm the earths resources. But a growing number of experts are sounding a different kind of alarm. Rather than growing exponentially, they argue, the global population is headed for a steep decline. Throughout history, depopulation was the product of catastrophe: ice ages, plagues, the collapse of civilizations. This time, however, were thinning ourselves deliberately, by choosing to have fewer babies than we need to replace ourselves. In much of the developed and developing world, that decline is already underway, as urbanisation, womens empowerment, and waning religiosity lead to smaller and smaller families. In Empty Planet, Ibbitson and Bricker travel from South Florida to Sao Paulo, Seoul to Nairobi, Brussels to Delhi to Beijing, drawing on a wealth of research and firsthand reporting to illustrate the dramatic consequences of this population decline - and to show us why the rest of the developing world will soon join in. They find that a smaller global population will bring with it a number of benefits: fewer workers will command higher wages; good jobs will prompt innovation; the environment will improve; the risk of famine will wane; and falling birthrates in the developing world will bring greater affluence and autonomy for women. But enormous disruption lies ahead, too. We can already see the effects in Europe and parts of Asia, as aging populations and worker shortages weaken the economy and impose crippling demands on healthcare and vital social services. There may be earth-shaking implications on a geopolitical scale as well. Empty Planet is a hugely important book for our times. Captivating and persuasive, it is a story about urbanisation, access to education and the empowerment of women to choose their own destinies. It is about the secularisation of societies and the vital role that immigration has to play in our futures.Rigorously researched and deeply compelling, Empty Planet offers a vision of a future that we can no longer prevent - but that we can shape, if we choose to.

For almost its entire history, Canada has been run by the political, media and business elites of Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal. But in the past few years, these groups have lost their powerand most of them still do not realize its gone. The Laurentian Consensus, the term John Ibbitson has coined for the dusty liberal elite, has been replaced by a new, powerful coalition based in the West and supported by immigrant voters in Ontario. How did this happen?Most people are unaware that the keystone economic and political drivers of this country are now Western Canada and immigrants from China, India and other Asian countries. Politicians and businesspeople have underestimated how conservative these newcomers are making our country. Canada, with its ever-evolving economy and fluid demographic base, has become divorced from the traditions of its past and is moving in an entirely new direction.In The Big Shift, Darrell Bricker and John Ibbitson argue that one of the worlds most consensual countries is becoming polarized, exhibiting stark differences between East and West, cities and suburbs, Canadianborn citizens and immigrants. The winnersin both politics and business will be those who can capitalize on the tremendous changes that the Big Shift will bring.

Longlisted for the National Business Book AwardWhere will the world go after COVID-19? CEO of Ipsos Public Affairs Darrell Brickers prescient and timely new book has the insights and the data to understand what we are going through and why, and who we still are despite the disruption. While the world around us has changed, Brickers extensive research and analysis resonate for the future.In this groundbreaking new book, Bricker, a Canadian expert in what Canadians will want and need, distills the trends based on real and extensive demographic data and dares to forecast what will come next. Why is Harley-Davidson making smaller motorcycles and changing the way they sell their bikes? Should restaurateurs be focusing on vibrant, frenetic restaurants offering the latest food fashion or on open, quieter restaurants that focus on tasty standard fare? Whats the fastest-growing sector in the housing market? Where should companies plan on setting up shop? Why do we face a population crisis? Which provinces will become the haves and which the have-nots? Where will Canadians be emigrating from, and where will they live? Should we be building more hockey arenas or basketball courts, or even cricket pitches?Next is the first book in decades that offers an honest, often provocative prescription for where we will live, what well be buying and who our leaders will be in the decades to come. Filled with stories of Canadians making critical decisions for their businesses and their personal lives, Next will appeal to a wide audience: anyone who is wondering where they should look for their next job or where they might plan on living in retirementeven how they will live in Canadas ever-changing future.

The anonymity of a phone line is the secret to the success for Darrell Bricker and John Wright of Ipsos Reid, the largest market research company in Canada. Ipsos accuracy in gathering peoples thoughts and predicting trends makes them the go-to source for major companies seeking answers to unusual questions, such as: What would your ideal lover look like? Would you rather touch the Stanley Cup or Dorothys ruby slippers from The Wizard of Oz? And, do you believe in ghosts?In Canuckology, Wright and Bricker, the bestselling authors of What Canadians Think about Almost Everything, share with us the wealth of their thousands of polls, drawn from conversations with some unlikely characters, including the retired man who still believes in Santa Claus, the non-parent who freaks out about toy safety, and the woman who would rather take her dad to a movie premiere than George Clooney.Filled with hilarious insights from every province and territory, as well as from people of every age, gender and economic standing -- and peppered with fun factoids and quizzes -- Canuckology is compulsive, must-have reading for any Canadian.

Bienvenidos a la caída de la población mundial.Durante medio siglo, muchos estadistas, políticos, analistas y estudiosos han alertado sobre una explosión demográfica que pondrá en jaque los recursos del planeta. Sin embargo, un creciente numero de expertos tiene en el punto de mira otro motivo de alarma: en lugar de aumentar exponencialmente, la poblacion mundial se encamina hacia un fuerte descenso que ya es evidente en muchos lugares.En El planeta vacio, los autores revelan como esta caida de la poblacion traera consigo distintos beneficios: el riesgo de hambrunas disminuira, la situacion medioambiental mejorara, menos trabajadores exigiran mejores salarios y unas tasas de natalidad mas bajas representaran mayores ingresos y autonomia para las mujeres.Pero no todo son buenas noticias. Ya podemos ver los efectos del envejecimiento de la poblacion en Europa y algunos puntos de Asia, y como la escasez de trabajadores debilita la economia e impone unas exigencias desmesuradas en el campo de la salud publica.Reseñas... Si bien el genero "todo lo que sabes es falso" se ha vuelto agotador, este libro contiene informacion fascinante y de vital importancia. Los datos reveladores de Bricker e Ibbitson demuestran, con una prosa energica e incisiva, que en el mundo se esta operando un cambio radical sin que nadie se de cuenta. Steven PinkerAun cuando la poblacion mundial este aumentando, la tasa de natalidad ya ha empezado a caer en todo el mundo. En otros tiempos, los descensos de poblacion se debieron a desastres naturales como la erupcion del Toba, la peste negra o la gripe, pero la caida que viene ahora sera cosa exclusivamente nuestra. En este sugerente libro, Bricker e Ibbitson debaten acerca de por que, hacia finales del siglo XXI, no habra una superpoblacion global sino una rapida disminucion demografica, al tiempo que proponen medios para adaptarnos a ella. Lewis Dartnell, profesor de comunicacion cientifica en la Universidad de Westminster y autor de Abrir en caso de apocalipsisPara comprender el futuro debemos cuestionar nuestras suposiciones, y la mayor de todas es que la poblacion sigue creciendo, algo que muchos creemos. Bricker e Ibbitson nos ofrecen un desafio revelador, que deberia ser tomado muy en serio por todo aquel que se preocupe por el futuro a largo plazo (que, espero, seamos todos). Dan Gardner, autor de Risk y coautor de Superforecasting: The Art and Science of PredictionUn libro muy ameno, una vision controvertida sobre una realidad sobre la que se reflexiona poco: un mundo despoblado y una urbanizacion creciente. George Magnus, autor de The Age of Aging y Red Flags: Why Xis China Is in Jeopardy

Bienvenidos a la caída de la población mundial. Durante medio siglo, muchos estadistas, políticos, analistas y estudiosos han alertado sobre una explosión demográfica que pondrá en jaque los recursos del planeta. Sin embargo, un creciente numero de expertos tiene en el punto de mira otro motivo de alarma: en lugar de aumentar exponencialmente, la poblacion mundial se encamina hacia un fuerte descenso que ya es evidente en muchos lugares. En El planeta vacio, los autores revelan como esta caida de la poblacion traera consigo distintos beneficios: el riesgo de hambrunas disminuira, la situacion medioambiental mejorara, menos trabajadores exigiran mejores salarios y unas tasas de natalidad mas bajas representaran mayores ingresos y autonomia para las mujeres. Pero no todo son buenas noticias. Ya podemos ver los efectos del envejecimiento de la poblacion en Europa y algunos puntos de Asia, y como la escasez de trabajadores debilita la economia e impone unas exigencias desmesuradas en el campo de la salud publica.Reseñas...Si bien el genero "todo lo que sabes es falso" se ha vuelto agotador, este libro contiene informacion fascinante y de vital importancia. Los datos reveladores de Bricker e Ibbitson demuestran, con una prosa energica e incisiva, que en el mundo se esta operando un cambio radical sin que nadie se de cuenta.Steven Pinker Aun cuando la poblacion mundial este aumentando, la tasa de natalidad ya ha empezado a caer en todo el mundo. En otros tiempos, los descensos de poblacion se debieron a desastres naturales como la erupcion del Toba, la peste negra o la gripe, pero la caida que viene ahora sera cosa exclusivamente nuestra. En este sugerente libro, Bricker e Ibbitson debaten acerca de por que, hacia finales del siglo XXI, no habra una superpoblacion global sino una rapida disminucion demografica, al tiempo que proponen medios para adaptarnos a ella.Lewis Dartnell, profesor de comunicacion cientifica en la Universidad de Westminster y autor de Abrir en caso de apocalipsisPara comprender el futuro debemos cuestionar nuestras suposiciones, y la mayor de todas es que la poblacion sigue creciendo, algo que muchos creemos. Bricker e Ibbitson nos ofrecen un desafio revelador, que deberia ser tomado muy enserio por todo aquel que se preocupe por el futuro a largo plazo (que, espero, seamos todos).Dan Gardner, autor de Risk y coautor de Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction Un libro muy ameno, una vision controvertida sobre una realidad sobrela que se reflexiona poco: un mundo despoblado y una urbanizacion creciente.George Magnus, autor de The Age of Aging y Red Flags: Why Xi's China Is in Jeopardy