Summary Of "World History 1914-1968" By David Thomson - UNIVERSITY SUMMARIES - E-book - ePub

We have summarized here the essential of this book by the author. WORLD HISTORY 1914-1968CHAPTER 6 THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD, 1945 to 19681. World economyFor the years 1960-68 the number of human beings was growing at a rate of more than a million per week, that is, an increase of 100 every minute. The increase in the first quarter of the century was 23% and increased to 31% in the second quarter. Post-war population growth in economically advanced nations and countries disproved the idea that a high standard of living fosters a low birth rate.
Well-fed nations have larger families. Faced with this problem, some nations, such as China, Japan and India, accepted the point of view that in order to raise the standard of living it was necessary to stop the rate of population growth, so they adopted policies that favored the control of population. birth rate, although they were not successful.