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Read the archive   of Wattenberg's   syndicated column     The Future of Warfare Since the end of the Cold War, there have been arguments from outside and inside the Pentagon about the future of ... more Immigration: Curse or Blessing? (Part Two) ’Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free...’ Those words, written by the poet Emma Lazarus, ... more   Population Explosion or Birth Dearth? Part I main page Population Explosion or Birth Dearth? Part I Aired 11/27/2003 This week, Think Tank is at the United Nations in New York City, where demographers from all over the world gathered to rethink estimates of future world population growth. For many decades, most of the talk has been about a population explosion, but now the UN has come out with a new set of projections that indicate much slower rates of population growth, that eventually could lead to a reduction in total population. Think Tank asks how low will it go?   Read the full transcript   Alaka Basu     Harvard Center of Population and Development Studies   Joseph Chamie     Director of the United Nations Population Division, which produces World Population Prospects, and the author of Religion and Fertility   Riad Tabarrah     Director of the Center for Development Studies and Projects in Beirut, Lebanon Originally Aired: 4/4/2002     Be sure to also check out: Here are some previous Think Tank programs that may be of interest. Fewer People, Part Two   aired 9/30/2004 Fewer People, Part One   aired 9/23/2004 Population Explosion or Birth Dearth, Part II   aired 4/18/2002 Send us your thoughts Think Tank is made possible by generous support from the Smith Richardson Foundation, the Bernard and Irene Schwartz Foundation, the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, the John M. Olin Foundation, the Donner Canadian Foundation, the Dodge Jones Foundation, and Pfizer, Inc. ©Copyright Think Tank. All rights reserved.     Web development by Bean Creative.