Prosperous Paupers and Other Population Problems.
In current intellectual and public discourse, the entire modern world-from the affluent United States to the poorest low-income regions-is beset today by a broad and alarming array of "population problems." Around the globe, leading scientists, academics, and political figures attribute po...
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Introduction; Part I: Population Problems in the United States; 1. Prosperous Paupers and Affluent Savages: The New Challenges to Social Policy in America; 2. Why Babies Die in D.C; 3. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Epidemiologist; Part II: Population Problems Under Communism; 4. Mortality and the Fate of Communist States; 5. The Soviet Way of Death; 6. Health and Mortality in Eastern Europe: Retrospect and Prospect; 7. Demographic Shocks in Eastern Germany, 1989-1993; Part III: Global Population Problems.
- 8. Justifying Population Control: The Latest Arguments9. Starved for Ideas: Misconceptions that Hinder the Battle Against World Hunger; 10. Population Prospects for Eastern Asia to 2015: Trends and Implications; 11. What If It's a World Population Implosion? Speculations about Global De-Population; Index.