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| 224 pages |
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World Almanac Books
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| Publication Date: September 1989 |
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| Paperback |
| ISBN: 0886875676 |
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| ISBN: 0886873045 |
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"Syndicated columist Wattenberg is the author of The Good News Is the Bad News Is Wrong and other optimistic books. Conversely, his new book aims at warning the public about the so-called danger of the declining birth rate in the U.S. and allied countries. Taking issue with those who cite problems arising from overpopulation, the author quotes statistics to argue that democratic nations potentially are weaker now, with fewer young people. The book contains bleak predictions of a future with America and European citizenry vastly outnumbered by people from other parts of the world. Speculating on the consequences of the birth dearth, Wattenberg provokes concern about a crippled economy and other threats to an industrial society diminished in status and strength."--Publishers Weekly
Ben J. Wattenberg is a senior fellow at AEI.
Table of Contents
The Birth Dearth
Free Fall
A Little about Demographics
The Fruit of the Birth Dearth
What Happens
A Graying Economy
The Demography of Geopolitics and Geoculture
What Will Happen Geopolitically, Geoculturally
What It Means Personally
Cause
Remedies
Practical Plans
Spirit
Appendix
Index
