What population bomb? Birthrates around the world are in free fall, and a growing list of countries face absolute population decline in the very near term. In his book The Empty Cradle: How Falling Birthrates Threaten World Prosperity (And What To Do About It) (Basic Books, 2004), Phillip Longman argues that it's time Americans focused on the implications of these long-term population trends.
Carroll: You argue that falling birthrates are one of the most significant stories of this era.
Longman:… more
