Are World Population Trends a Problem [Paperback]

Ben Wattenberg (Author), Karl Zinsmeister (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1985

In the 1970s and early 1980s, the subject of world population emerged from relative obscurity to become a matter of pressing national and international interest. This volume chronicles that development and updates the fast-changing argument right to the present moment.

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From the Publisher

The book grew out of a major conference of population experts, economists, demographers, and political figures held by AEI in December 1984. An internationally distinguished group of analysts considered the largest issues of world population trends, including their effect on Third World Development, resource use, famine, environmental quality, education, income, the growth of cities, and so forth. The situations in both the developing and the developed world were considered.

Product Details

• Paperback: 53 pages
• Publisher: Aei Pr (May 1985)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0844713740
• ISBN-13: 978-0844713748
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.8 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,603,455 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Karl Zinsmeister is now completing two new books--a memoir, and a regional culture book.

From 2006 to 2009 Zinsmeister served in the West Wing as President George W. Bush's chief domestic policy adviser. His responsibilities stretched across many issues:  the mortgage and student-loan credit crises, improving care for military veterans, the formulation of  new immigration policies, stem-cell and biotechnology innovation, school reform, issues in health, transportation, environmental quality, national competitiveness, and so forth.   


For nearly 13 years Zinsmeister was editor-in-chief of The American Enterprise, a national magazine of politics, business, and culture based in Washington, D.C. Author and former Cabinet Secretary William Bennett called it "one of America's finest magazines.... intellectually interesting, well-written, lively, wide-ranging, and above all useful."


Zinsmeister is the author of several books, including two influential Iraq War journals written during lengthy stints when he was embedded with infantry troops in urban war zones:  Boots on the Ground (2003) was the first book published by an embedded journalist; Dawn Over Baghdad was published in 2004 to describe the beginning of the U.S. counterinsurgency effort. At the invitation of Marvel Comics, he also wrote a non-fiction graphic novel entitled Combat Zone (2005) that chronicled the actions of actual American soldiers.


In concert with his wife Ann, Zinsmeister conceived and produced a feature documentary film entitled Warriors that aired nationally on PBS in 2007. The film presented personal profiles of America's fighting forces, via on-the-scene footage he and two cameramen shot in Iraq. It received major funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.


Zinsmeister's work has been published in many national publications--from cover stories for The Atlantic Monthly and features in Reader's Digest to essays in the Wall Street Journal.

A graduate of Yale University, Zinsmeister did further studies at Trinity College Dublin in Ireland. During college he won rowing championships in both the U.S. and Ireland. He was a U.S. Senate aide to Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, has been an adviser to many groups, and has testified before Congressional committees and Presidential commissions.   


He originated a weekly radio commentary syndicated nationally to 100 stations, and has appeared often on a wide variety of national television and radio programs. He has lived, worked, or traveled in 40 countries, and nearly every U.S. state. He holds the highest U.S. security clearance.


Zinsmeister is married and has three children. He is an avid photographer, sings in his church choir, is an active gardener, and keeps hens. Old houses and woodworking are a personal love (he has restored seven 100-or-more-year-old homes). He delights in the outdoors, and bicycles, sculls, kayaks, skis cross-country and downhill, and enjoys extended wilderness backpacking trips.