# P:C ARCHIVES: Nandita Bajaj on How Pronatalism Feeds The Economy

An episode of [Planet: Critical](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1545009586), 27 Aug 2026, 1 h 26 min.

Audio: https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/694vzrugy5iez96c/ARCHIVE_Nandita_Bajaj80idg.mp3

FROM THE ARCHIVES: We’re in planetary overshoot. So why are governments coercing women into having children? Nandita Bajaj is the Executive Director of Population Balance, an organisation offering education and solutions to address the intersectional impacts of human overpopulation and over consumption on the planet, people and animals. Nandita also co-hosts The Overpopulation Podcast, and teaches at the Institute for Humane Education at Antioch University, where she researches prenatal ism and human supremacy and their impacts on reproductive ecological and intergenerational justice. This episode is about the dangers of pronatalism. Nandita reveals how the coercive pronatalist policies around the world coupled with cultural mechanisms are causing a devastating impact on the planet. She also explains how existing power structures benefit from a growing population, illustrating how our economic obsession with growth demands exponential population growth. Nandita also explores the elevation of rights—human, species and natural—as a cornerstone climate policy to tackle population and create a sustainable world for everyone, and everything. 🌎 Subscribe to support Planet: Critical

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