How will historian see USA today in 200 years from now?

Oberon · 01-13-14, 11:58 PM

It depends, there is talk of 'Peak Child' and that the fast population growth that we are experiencing at the moment is starting to come to an end. Certainly in comparison to fifty years ago, the average number of children per family in the world has halved from 5 to 2.5 and fertility is trending downwards.

Hans Rosling does some good talks on the subject, worth a look at, not so long ago he did a piece for the BBCs website:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24835822

So it's not all bad news, but it's what we do with it that could make bad news.

01-13-14, 11:58 PM	#23
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	It depends, there is talk of 'Peak Child' and that the fast population growth that we are experiencing at the moment is starting to come to an end. Certainly in comparison to fifty years ago, the average number of children per family in the world has halved from 5 to 2.5 and fertility is trending downwards. Hans Rosling does some good talks on the subject, worth a look at, not so long ago he did a piece for the BBCs website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24835822 So it's not all bad news, but it's what we do with it that could make bad news.