Source: 2008 World Population Data Sheet, Population Reference Bureau
Presentation by Bill Butz, Carl Haub, Richard Skolnik, and Linda Jacobsen
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Population Data: Without Comment
Source: 2008 World Population Data Sheet, Population Reference Bureau
Presentation by Bill Butz, Carl Haub, Richard Skolnik, and Linda Jacobsen
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why is it that so few leaders are willing to take action on issues related to population growth? I am reading Greg Behrman's "The Most Noble Adventure" about the Marshall Plan. Is it me? Or were the politicians and leaders back then much much more aware and responsible about global problems?
I think Marshall was indeed a very great man and few today would compare well with him. But the generation coming out of the Depression and World Was II was much more liberal than most of our leaders of today. However, the current leaders who act on a religious ideology opposed to the effective means of contraception have done grave harm to the countries that need foreign assistance to respond to their people's desires for family planning services.
Hello! I came across this post on your blog as the result of a Google Blog Alert for the key-word “population.” This is obviously something you care very deeply about.
I am the author of a self-published book titled "Five Short Blasts: A New Economic Theory Exposes The Fatal Flaw in Globalization and Its Consequences for America." I think you may find this book to be very interesting because population density lies at the heart of this new economic theory. To make a long story short, as population density rises beyond some optimum level, per capita consumption of products begins to decline out of the need to conserve space. People who live in crowded conditions simply don’t have enough space to use and store many products. This declining per capita consumption, in the face of rising productivity (per capita output, which always rises), inevitably yields rising unemployment and poverty.
For most people who see never-ending population growth as a problem, their concerns are rooted in a concern for the environment. Economists, on the other hand, shrug off such concerns, claiming that man is ingenious enough to overcome any obstacles to population growth. Resources can be used more efficiently and recycled, pollution can be abated, and so on. Making matters worse, they can’t envision how an economy can remain healthy without further population growth. So our government and business leaders hold fast to their “pro growth” approach.
This book, however, finally offers the ultimate weapon for environmentalists and anyone concerned about population growth - a solid economic argument for a reduced population. It explains how everyone’s wallet is directly impacted by growth which has become cancerous, driving up unemployment and eroding their finances and quality of life. It’s written in plain language, not economic gibberish, and is aimed at average Americans.
If you’re interested in learning more about this important new economic theory, I invite you to visit my web site at OpenWindowPublishingCo.com. There you can read the preface, join in the blog discussion and, of course, purchase the book if you like. (It's also available at Amazon.com.)
Please forgive the somewhat “spammish” nature of the previous paragraph. I don't know how else to inject this new perspective into the debate about overpopulation without drawing attention to the book that explains the theory.
Keep up your efforts to raise concern about our growing population problem.
Pete Murphy
Author, Five Short Blasts
Thanks for the comment Pete.
I have not read your book, but it sounds like you and I agree on the danger of excessive population growth.
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