Rampant population growth threatens our economy and quality of life. I’m not talking just about the obvious problems that we see in the news – growing dependence on foreign oil, carbon emissions, soaring commodity prices, environmental degradation, etc. I’m talking about the effect upon rising unemployment and poverty.

I should introduce myself. I am the author of a book titled “Five Short Blasts: A New Economic Theory Exposes The Fatal Flaw in Globalization and Its Consequences for America.” To make a long story short, my theory is that, as population density rises beyond some optimum level, per capita consumption of products begins to decline out of the need to conserve space. People who live in crowded conditions simply don’t have enough space to use and store many products. This declining per capita consumption, in the face of rising productivity (per capita output, which always rises), inevitably yields rising unemployment and poverty.

If you’re interested in learning more about this important new economic theory, I invite you to visit my web site at OpenWindowPublishingCo.com where you can read the preface for free, join in my blog discussion and, of course, purchase the book if you like. (It’s also available at Amazon.com.)

Please forgive the somewhat spammish nature of the previous paragraph. I just don’t know how else to inject this new perspective into the population debate without drawing attention to the book that explains the theory.

Pete Murphy
Author, “Five Short Blasts”

The local leaders I am referring to were in Austin Texas. They are so politically correct that they can’t seem to understand that people cause pollution!

They seemed to be very timid people who were afraid to think outside of their tiny little box. They are in deep denial. By adhering to this absurd notion, aren’t they in effect anti-environmental? The sad part of this is that the Sierra Club sucks up funds that could go to the actual enviromentalists who aren’t afraid to look at what is right in front of them.