American Attitudes and U.S. Population Growth
American Attitudes and U.S. Population Growth The U.S. Census Bureau's announcement that the country's population grew 7.4% over the past decade to 331,449,281 may seem like significant growth -- but in reality, it represents the second-lowest decade-to-decade growth rate since the U.S. Census began in 1790, behind only the stagnant growth of the 1930s during the Great Depression. What are the implications of a slowing growth rate? We have seen many arguments historically that slowing growth could be a good thing. One may recall Paul Ehrlich's bestselling 1968 book, The Population Bomb -- wh...