WILLIAM RYERSON: Do Americans Need to Have Fewer Children?
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The U.S. population, while not the world's largest, has a super-sized impact on global resource consumption. Population reduction in the United States is a critical step in achieving a resilient future.
Economists insist that recovery is at hand, yet unemployment remains high, real estate values continue to sink, and governments stagger under record deficits. Richard Heinberg proposes a startling diagnosis: humanity has reached a fundamental turning point in its economic history.
Founded in 2003, Post Carbon Institute is leading the transition to a more resilient, equitable, and sustainable world. The Institute has gathered 29 of the world's leading experts on a wide range of interdependent social and scientific issues.