Books, Arts & Manners: Saving the Great Society

The Birth Dearth, by Ben Wattenberg (Pharos Books, 182 pp., $16.95)

Nearly twenty years ago, the biologist Paul Ehrlich wrote a book, The Population Bomb, which argued that mankind’s future was endangered by overpopulation. Ehrlich’s book led, at least indirectly, to efforts in this country and elsewhere to limit population growth through various government-sponsored programs, including tax-supported abortions. Now Ben Wattenberg, in The Birth Dearth, wants to employ the power of big government to encourage people to have more babies.

The Birth Dearth, by Ben Wattenberg (Pharos Books, 182 pp., $16.95)

Nearly twenty years ago, the biologist Paul Ehrlich wrote a book, The Population Bomb, which argued that mankind’s future was endangered by overpopulation. Ehrlich’s book led, at least indirectly, to efforts in this country and elsewhere to limit population growth through various government-sponsored programs, including tax-supported abortions. Now Ben Wattenberg, in The Birth Dearth, wants to employ the power of big government to encourage people to have more babies.