All Posts Tagged With: "population"
Starved for Science: How Biotechnology Is Being Kept Out of Africa
The escalating price of oil, the world’s growing population, and its increasing demand for food have all received blame for rising worldwide food prices. What is often overlooked is that a significant portion of the world’s population is unable to feed itself—because of politics. That is the greater, more frightening problem. Today much of Africa [...]
2Apr2009 | Daniel Sacks | 1 comment | ContinuedThe Census: Inquiring Minds Want to Know a Lot
What the federal bureaucracy calls “the largest peacetime mobilization effort in U.S. history” is now underway. It’s the 2000 census—and if you’re an American citizen, it’s got a few questions for you. As many as 53, in fact. America’s founders felt it was important enough to know how many people lived in the country that [...]
1May2000 | Lawrence W. Reed | 18 comments | Continued-
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