Screen LibraryOn the cusp : from population boom to bust /
"For much of its history, human population growth increased at a glacial pace. The demographic rate only soared about 200 years ago, climaxing in the period 1950-2000. In that 50-year span, the population grew more than it had in the previous 5000 years. Though these raw numbers are impressive,...
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | [2015] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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"For much of its history, human population growth increased at a glacial pace. The demographic rate only soared about 200 years ago, climaxing in the period 1950-2000. In that 50-year span, the population grew more than it had in the previous 5000 years. Though these raw numbers are impressive, they conceal the fact that the growth rate of population topped out in the 1960s. The apparent population boom may be approaching a population bust, despite our coexistence with more than seven billion people. In On the Cusp, economist Charles Pearson explores the meaning of this population trend from "A comprehensive analysis of world population trends"-- |
| Carrier Form: | xiii, 239 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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9780190223915 (hardback) : 019022391X (hardback) |
| Index Number: | HB871 |
| CLC: | C92-05 |
| Call Number: | C92-05/P361 |
| Contents: | Introduction -- The Long and Baleful Shadow of Thomas Robert Malthus -- Malthus Redux -- Population and Economic Growth -- Optimal Population: An Attractive Chimera? -- Demographic Transitions -- The Upside of Downsizing -- Downsizing: The Pessimist's Case -- Aging: Retirement, Health, and the Generational Bargain -- Coping Strategies -- Concluding Thoughts. |