Prosperous Paupers and Other Population Problems

by Nicholas Eberstadt

Overview

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 poverty, hunger, social tension, and even political conflict t

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781351496209
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/08/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	272
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Nicholas Eberstadt holds the Henry Wendt Chair in Political Economy at the American Enterprise Institute. He is also a senior adviser to the National Board of Asian Research, a member of the visiting committee at the Harvard School of Public Health, and a member of the Global Leadership Council at the World Economic Forum. His previous works on Korean affairs include The Population of North Korea(co-author), Korea Approaches Reunification, A New International Engagement Framework for North Korea?, Korea's Future and the Great Powers (co-editor), and The End of North Korea.

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 13 2. Why Babies Die in D.C. 33 3. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Epidemiologist 51 Part II: Population Problems Under Communism 4. Mortality and the Fate of Communist States 77 5. The Soviet Way of Death 107 6. Health and Mortality in Eastern Europe: Retrospect and Prospect 119 7. Demographic Shocks in Eastern Germany, 1989-1993 153 Part III: Global Population Problems 8. Justifying Population Control: The Latest Arguments 175 9. Starved for Ideas: Misconceptions that Hinder the Battle Against World Hunger 187 10. Population Prospects for Eastern Asia to 2015: Trends and Implications 201 11. What If It’s a World Population Implosion? Speculations about Global De-Population 239 Index