Fully describe the historical growth of the human population. How would Wilson and Brown respond to Moore’s statement and his argument that the rate of population growth is not an issue for us?

In the article, “Body Count: Population and Its Enemies—The Population-control Movement Is Gaining Steam,” Stephen Moore argues against government-funded population programs as a solution to overpopulation. At the crux of his argument is the belief that the rate of population growth is not an issue for us. Moore explains this as follows:

Global food prices have fallen by half since 1950, even as world population has doubled. The dean of agricultural economists, D. Gale Johnson of the University of Chicago, has documented “a dramatic decline in famines in the last 50 years. Fewer than half as many people die of famine each year now than did a century ago-despite a near-quadrupling of the population. Enough food is now grown in the world to provide every resident of the planet with almost four pounds of food a day. In each of the past three years, global food production has reached new heights (1999, p.2).

InstructionsCompose a short (two page) essay response from the points of view of E.O. Wilson and Lester Brown. Provide brief definitions and examples of each of these topics or concepts, where needed:

  • Fully describe the historical growth of the human population. How would Wilson and Brown respond to Moore’s statement and his argument that the rate of population growth is not an issue for us?
  • Describe what Wilson sees as the bottleneck and provides supporting examples. Use your understanding of the bottleneck of overpopulation, prediction of population growth, and stabilization in your response.
  • Define how the human population is at a tipping point and provide supporting examples.
  • Align the arguments of Wilson and Brown against Moore’s arguments and provide at least three examples.

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