Population Puzzle Boom or Bust?,9780817945329

Population Puzzle Boom or Bust?

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ISBN13: 9780817945329
ISBN10: 0817945326
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Pub. Date: 2005-01-01
Publisher(s): Hoover Institution Press
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Summary

Drawing from government reports, think tank studies, scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, and books, this insightful overview offers a range of contrasting viewpoints and policy perspectives on the major issues concerning world population growth, with particular emphasis on the impact of population trends on the United States.

Author Biography

Laura E. Huggins is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution. Huggins specializes in free market environmentalism, property rights, and population policy. She is primarily interested in the role of economic processes in shaping natural resource policy and in promoting market principles to a wide audience in order to help resolve environmental dilemmas. Hanna Skandera was a research fellow at the Hoover Institution.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables by Part
xiii
Foreword xvii
Acknowledgments xix
Introduction xxi
Overview xxv
``Man's March to `The Summit,'''Kenneth Boulding xxvii
PART I: BEGINNINGS
Quick Facts
3(3)
Introduction
6(1)
Framing The Debate
7(60)
``Population, Resources, and Environment: A Survey of the Debate''
8(5)
Ann F. Wolfgram
Maria Sophia Aguirre
``An Essay on the Principle of Population''
13(4)
Thomas Malthus
``Marx and Engels on Malthus''
17(5)
Ronald L. Meek
``Too Many People''
22(12)
Paul R. Ehrlich
``Conclusion''
34(11)
Julian Simon
``The Population Challenge''
45(4)
Lester R. Brown
Gary Gardner
Brian Halweil
``Population, Resources and the Quest to `Stabilize Human Population': Myths and Realities''
49(18)
Nicholas Eberstadt
Ethical Divide
67(36)
``The Contribution of Ethics''
68(9)
J. Philip Wogaman
``Human Choices''
77(5)
Joel E. Cohen
``Living on a Lifeboat''
82(6)
Garrett Hardin
``Ultimately, What Are Your Values?''
88(11)
Julian Simon
PART II: POPULATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Quick Facts
99(2)
Introduction
101(2)
Water
103(12)
``Governments Failing to Protect Societies from Spreading Water Scarcity''
104(3)
Priming the Invisible Pump
107(3)
Terry L. Anderson
Pamela S. Snyder
Snapshot: Desalination
``Cities Look to Sea for Fresh Water''
110(5)
John Ritter
Pollution
115(16)
``Population and Atmosphere''
116(3)
Paul Harrison
Fred Pearce
``Take a Deep Breath . . . Air Quality Is Getting Better''
119(2)
Bjørn Lomborg
Snapshot: Global Warming
``Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Change''
121(3)
``The Scientific Case against the Global Climate Treaty''
124(7)
S. Fred Singer
Food
131(14)
``Feeding Nine Billion''
132(5)
Lester R. Brown
``Food Security and World Trade Prospects''
137(8)
D. Gale Johnson
Land
145(20)
``Concern for Land''
146(5)
Anthony Young
``Are We Losing Ground?''
151(9)
Julian Simon
Snapshot: Forests
``Changing Demands on the World's Forests: Meeting Environmental and Institutional Challenges''
160(5)
Roger A. Sedjo
Energy
165(24)
``The Case for Renewables''
166(11)
``Energy in the Twenty-First Century''
177(8)
Dave Gorak
PART III: POPULATION AND QUALITY OF LIFE
Quick Facts
185(2)
Introduction
187(2)
Fertility
189(18)
``The Contemporary Population Challenge''
190(4)
John C. Caldwell
``The Population Explosion Is Over''
194(6)
Ben Wattenberg
Snapshot: Aging
``Grey Dawn: The Global Aging Crisis''
200(7)
Peter G. Peterson
Mortality and Disease
207(16)
``Disease''
208(4)
Richard H. Robbins
``The Population Implosion (Death Makes a Comeback)''
212(5)
Nicholas Eberstadt
Snapshot: Aids
``HIV/AIDS Pandemic Spreads Further''
217(6)
Radhika Sarin
Immigration
223(16)
``Migration Washes Over Ambivalent America''
224(3)
Alvin Powell
``Muddled Masses''
227(8)
Stuart Anderson
Snapshot: Migration
``Global Shifts in Population''
235(4)
War and Violence
239(22)
``The Transformation of Security''
240(2)
Michael Renner
``The Security Dynamics of Demographic Factors''
242(2)
Brian Nichiporuk
Snapshot: Conflict
``Violent Conflicts Continue to Decline''
244(5)
Michael Renner
PART IV: POPULATION AND PROSPERITY
Quick Facts
249(2)
Introduction
251(2)
``Population and Economic Growth: Theory''
253(8)
Richard Easterlin
Prosperity by Design
261(26)
Women and Fertility
``Population Control and Women's Health: Balancing the Scales''
262(5)
Adrienne Germain
Jane Ordway
Snapshot: China
``White Paper on Family Planning in China 1995'' and ``White Paper on Family Planning in China 2000''
267(8)
Education
``Overall Impact of Education on Population Dynamics''
275(3)
Snapshot: Education
``Is Mass Schooling Essential for Fertility Decline to Begin?''
278(3)
Poverty
``Demographic Dimensions of Poverty''
281(1)
Snapshot: Hunger
``Grim Facts on Global Poverty''
282(5)
Jeff Madrick
Prosperity Laissez Faire Style
287(32)
Institutions
``Population Growth, Economic Freedom, and the Rule of Law''
288(8)
Seth W. Norton
Technology
``Population Size and Technological Development''
296(4)
Ester Boserup
Snapshot: Technology
Technology and Economic Growth in the Information Age
300(4)
W. Michael Cox
Richard Alm
Globalization
``Trade Openness, Sound Policies, and Prosperity''
304(5)
James Gwartney
Robert Lawson
Snapshot: Trade
``When Globalization Suffers, the Poor Take the Heat''
309(6)
Gary S. Becker
PART V: WHO DECIDES
Quick Facts
315(2)
Introduction
317(2)
The Spectrum
319(36)
``Whose Choice?''
320(3)
Robert Whalen
``The Failure of Leadership''
323(6)
Lindsey Grant
``Population Policy: Will Current Programs Succeed?''
329(7)
Kingsley Davis
``There Is No Global Population Problem: Can Humanists Escape the `Catch-22' of Population Control?''
336(5)
Garrett Hardin
``Population Growth: Disaster or Blessing?''
341(5)
Lord Peter T. Bauer
``Trust the Parents''
346(7)
Robert Whalen
PART VI: PREDICTIONS
Quick Facts
353(1)
Introduction
354(1)
Forecasts
355(16)
``Projection Methods: The Hazy Crystal Ball''
356(4)
Joel E. Cohen
Beyond Six Billion: Forecasting the World's Population (``Executive Summary'' and ``Introduction'')
360(6)
John Bongaarts
Rodolfo A. Bulatao
Snapshot: Prediction
``Forecast Sees Halt to Population Growth by End of Century''
366(5)
John Roach
A Shift in Thinking
371(10)
``A Further Word on the New, Calmer Thinking''
372(9)
Karl Zinsmeister
Conclusion 381(20)
APPENDIXES
Appendix A: A Brief History of Population
383(10)
Appendix B: Population Timeline
393(4)
Appendix C: Population Vocabulary
397(4)
Permissions 401(4)
Index 405

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