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"World Population Growth Is Accelerating Out of Control"
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Treating population growth as permanently accelerating ignores Soc 1728's pattern, under which fertility falls and growth slows as societies industrialize.
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A country moving from Stage 2 toward Stage 4 sees its growth rate decline even as its total population keeps rising for a time.
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The misconception treats growth as ever-steepening; the model instead predicts slowing growth and eventual stability in industrialized societies.
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