Many readers will be old enough to remember when over-population was the topical fear. As early as 1968, when the world’s human population was about 3.5 billion, Paul and Anne Ehrlich released a famous (or infamous) book called The Population Bomb. The book opened with the following statement:  “The battle to feed all of humanity is over. In the 1970s hundreds of millions of people will starve to death in spite of any crash programs embarked upon now. At this late date nothing can prevent a substantial increase in the world death rate.” Many of the ideas and recommendations in…

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