Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Acknowledgments vii
3. Contents ix
4. INTRODUCTION. What Are the Real Population and Resource Problems? 1
5. PART ONE. TOWARD OUR BEAUTIFUL RESOURCE FUTURE
6. CHAPTER 1. The Amazing Theory of Raw-Material Scarcity 15
7. CHAPTER 2. Do Technological Forecasts and Economic Forecasts Necessarily Contradict Each Other? 30
8. CHAPTER 3. Can the Supply of Natural Resources Really Be Infinite? Yes! 42
9. CHAPTER 4. Famine 1985? Or 1995? Or 1975? 54
10. CHAPTER 5. Food in the 1970s: From Shortage-Crisis to Glut-Crisis 70
11. CHAPTER 6. Are We Losing Ground? 81
12. CHAPTER 7. When Will We Run Out of Energy? Never! 90
13. CHAPTER 8. Today's Energy Issues 111
14. CHAPTER 9. More Pollution? Or Less? 127
15. CHAPTER 10. Should We Conserve Resources for Others' Sakes? What Kinds of Resources Need Conservation? 144
16. PART TWO. POPULATION GROWTH'S EFFECT UPON OUR RESOURCES AND LIVING STANDARD
17. CHAPTER 11. Standing Room Only? The Demographic Facts 159
18. CHAPTER 12. Do Humans Breed Like Flies? Or Like Norwegian Rats? 175
19. CHAPTER 13. Population Growth and the Stock of Capital 188
20. CHAPTER 14. Population's Effects on Technology, Productivity, and Education 196
21. CHAPTER 15. Population Growth, Natural Resources, Future Generations, and International Rape 216
22. CHAPTER 16. Population Growth and Land 223
23. CHAPTER 17. Are People an Environmental Pollution? 240
24. CHAPTER 18. Population Density Does Not Damage Health, or Psychological and Social Well- Being 249
25. CHAPTER 19. The Big Economic Picture: Population Growth and Living Standards in MDCs 257
26. CHAPTER 20. The Big Picture II.- LDCs 276
27. PART THREE. BEYOND THE DATA
28. CHAPTER 21. The Politics and Finances of Population Control 291
29. CHAPTER 22. The Rhetoric of Population Control: Does the End Justify the Means? 308
30. CHAPTER 23. Ultimately - What Are Your Values? 332
31. CONCLUSION. The Ultimate Resource 345
32. Appendix 349
33. Notes 365
34. Source Notes for Figures 384
35. References 387
36. Index 405