Growth boosters and profiteers, and many of the policymakers they dupe, have been wringing their hands lately over the progress our society is making on the overpopulation front. Their propaganda on this is ridiculous and dangerous.

I honestly don’t know whether to honor Prince William on the Wall of Fame or scold him a little on the Wall of Shame for his recent pronouncement about the “terrible impact” of rapidly growing human population.

Wall of Fame honors and a very big tip of the hat to 15,000 scientists around the world who elected to issue a wake-up call this year about the folly that will bring human civilization down if we don’t change our ways.

World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity: A Second Notice

Wisconsin State Representative Scott Allen makes the Wall of Shame this week for two guilty counts:

1. Worrying that population decline is a problem (shrinking labor force) rather than celebrating population contraction toward a sustainable level.
2. Suggesting that women should incubate more workers in order to boost economic growth.

Congratulations to UK nonprofit Population Matters for a new video campaign raising awareness of the huge environmental benefits of conceiving fewer children. It’s an obvious choice for the Wall of Fame this week.