The Commission on Population Growth and the American Future concluded that zero population growth (ZPG) is in the best interest of the United States. To achieve ZPG in the future, the United States must keep fertility and net immigration relatively low. Practical problems are discussed. (RM)

In the June, 1977 issue of "Intellect," Jacqueline Kasun promised the reader "a look at the facts" about the world population situation. Her conclusion overall was a soothing one. This article is a critical examination of Kasun's report, with a conclusion of a gloomy nature. (Author/RK)

Garrett Hardin, a trained biologist, made a plea for coercive population control in a prestigious scientific journal (Science, 1968). His theory on how to control population is examined, the net effects of a situational vs an absolute ethics is weighed, and the limits to science and its methodology are evaluated. (Author/RK)

Elaborates on the problem of expanding human activity to the world's plant and animal species. Concludes that preserving an individual species is largely a waste of time and effort and that the best way to protect the most species of plants and animals is to save their environments over large tracts of land. (DB)

Unemployment in the United States can only be made worse by continued high levels of legal immigration. Especially serious is the threat from Latin America. We must help developing countries halt their population growth and impose a ceiling of 100,000 a year for total immigration to the United States. (RM)

Possible future scenarios for the United States are described. As resources become scarce, the exploding U.S. population will inevitably lead to rapid inflation, greater unemployment, greater likelihood of war, and the virtual impossibility of maintaining social services such as education and old-age security programs at current levels. (RM)

Indian cities are growing rapidly due to natural increase and migration from rural areas. This has caused huge pollution problems and has resulted in overcrowded schools and hospitals. Conflict between religious groups has increased; so has crime. India is modernizing, but not fast enough. (CS)