Fewer: How the New Demography of Depopulation Will Shape Our Future Contributor(s): Wattenberg, Ben J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1566636736 ISBN-13: 9781566636735 Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury OUR PRICE: $18.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2005 Annotation: "Fewer" tells a monumental human story, largely ignored, but which promises to starkly change the human condition in the years to come. Never before have birth and fertility rates fallen so far, so fast, so low, for so long, in so many places. Wattenberg shows how and why this has occurred and explains what it means for the future. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Demography |
Dewey: 304.62 |
LCCN: 2004050016 |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 9" (0.95 lbs) 252 pages |
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Publisher Description: Never before have birth and fertility rates fallen so far, so fast, so low, for so long, in so many places, so surprisingly. In Fewer, Ben Wattenberg shows how and why this has occurred, and explains what it means for the future. These stark demographic changes will affect commerce, the environment, public financing, and geo-politics. In Wattenberg's world of The New Demography readers get a look at a topic often chattered about, but rarely understood. |