Time was the 1960s, to be specific, ZPG was the trending acronym. Experts believed a "population explosion" (imminent or already underway) would have dire global impact. Zero Population Growth became the objective. The question then was how to approach the problem, and how to avoid the adverse results of overpopulation. Now headlines announce declining birthrates, and experts ponder the implications of this “alarming” trend. Global population grows, birthrates drop—two concurrent demographic trends. Is there a contradiction here, and should we be concerned? About what, exactly? This two-part course looks at the numbers and examines the associated social, political, and economic implications, short-and long-term.
Jane Horvath is associate professor of economics and directs the economics and political economy programs for the College of Arts & Sciences. She is also the founding director of the van Rooy Center for Complexity and Conflict Analysis and serves as the director of the University’s Minor in Complexity. Horvath joined the faculty of the University of Hartford in 1985. She earned a PhD in economics from the University of Connecticut in 1986, with a specialization in economic development. Her research and teaching interests include economic development, economic policy, complexity economics, and network theory.
Wednesdays, April 2 and 9 | 10 a.m.–11:30 a.m. | KF Room/Harrison Libraries | $40
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