Population Puzzle Boom or Bust?

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.

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.

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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