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The Infamous Jaffe Memorandum

By | November 30, 2024

[November 30, 2024]  Throughout the 1960s, there was a credible belief that the expanding world population would drive global starvation and other catastrophic consequences. In response to a request from the U.S. Population Council, Frederick Jaffe wrote a memorandum outlining then-current ideas for population control (reducing total population numbers and growth). At the time, Jaffe was the vice… Read More »