LA Times Series On Global Population Growth And Risks

Economics was called the dismal science because one of England's early economists was worried about population growth.  Malthus argued that the population was growing much faster than the food supply and that famine would be the result.  Malthus had not anticipated the rising productivity in food production that prevented famine.  This series in the LA Times raises a host of questions about the implications of global population growth.  Most of the growth is occurring in countries that are least able to deal with rapid population growth.