NPG President: Population Pressures Demand That U.S. Renounce Cherished Goal of Economic Growth
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October 28, 2013
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Alexandria, VA – There is a limit to how fast and how far the American economy can grow – and we’re approaching it soon. That’s the message Negative Population Growth’s president, Donald Mann, has posted on the organization’s website, www.NPG.org. Mann, who has headed up NPG since its founding in 1972, is advocating that the U.S. start moving toward a …
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The NPG Journal: Vol. 6, No. 9
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NPG
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October 21, 2013
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NPG Journal
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A Monthly Commentary on Population and Immigration Issues.
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NPG Finds New California Laws Are Expanding the Welcome Mat for Illegal Immigration
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October 21, 2013
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Alexandria, VA – An analysis by Negative Population Growth (NPG) of California’s new immigration laws finds that they will increase population growth, both nationally and in California. Enacted in October, the laws further shield illegal aliens from federal enforcement and grant them added incentives to remain – and for others to come. NPG President Don Mann noted that the analysis …
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Hurtling Toward 50 Million: California Expands the Welcome Mat for Illegal Immigration (NPG Footnote)
Click here for a downloadable, printable PDF version The federal government in Washington may be loathe to make population policy, but  California’s governor and legislature have shown by their latest enactments on immigration that they have no problem at all with that. Making Population Policy in the Largest State The lawmakers’ priority concern appears to be that the state …
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NPG Recommends the New Autobiography of Lester Brown.
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October 16, 2013
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NPG is pleased to recommend Breaking New Ground: A Personal History, the autobiography of global environmental activist Lester Brown. Praised by the Washington Post as “one of the world’s most influential thinkers,” he is the winner of multiple honorary awards and has published several works on the global environmental movement. Brown’s efforts – including his founding of both the Worldwatch …
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Economic Growth is Unfortunately, or Even Tragically, A Transient Phenomenon
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Donald Mann
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September 18, 2013
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President's Column
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(that is to say an exceptional occurrence)
It is apparently extremely difficult for the general public, as well as for our decision makers and opinion leaders, to grasp (or wrap their heads around as the saying goes these days) the idea that economic …
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Overpopulation and Overconsumption: Where Should We Focus? (Revised)
Originally published in 1998, NPG has revised and republished Overpopulation and Overconsumption: Where Should We Focus? by Michael G. Hanauer.  This paper offers a strong argument for U.S. population reduction, which still rings true today. Click here for a downloadable, printable PDF version. Overpopulation and Overconsumption: Where Should We Focus? An NPG Forum Paper by Michael G. Hanauer We Have So Many Choices There …
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The NPG Journal: Vol. 6, No. 8
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August 23, 2013
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A Monthly Commentary on Population and Immigration Issues.
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Wyatt Martinez – $2,500 Winner of the 2013 NPG Essay Scholarship Contest
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August 1, 2013
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Scholarship 2013
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The Growing Problem of Population Growth
Introduction It was an invasion!  As I watched from the comfort of my small home, the earthmovers and bulldozers encroached upon Gaston County’s last dairy farm. The infinite powers at city hall and in the corporate world of land development had determined that …
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Sarah Fine – $1,000 Winner of the 2013 NPG Essay Scholarship Contest
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August 1, 2013
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Scholarship 2013
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Noel, Missouri is small, but it occupies a huge part of my heart.  My great-great-grandfather was the town’s first sheriff, and my great-grandfather was the mayor.  I spent childhood summers there, canoeing on the Elk River, exploring the bluffs and caves, and enjoying peaceful walks in the woods.  Noel was always quiet.  …
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