TY - BOOK AU - Longman,Phillip TI - The empty cradle: how falling birthrates threaten world prosperity and what to do about it SN - 0465050506 (alk. paper) AV - HB887 .L66 2004 U1 - 304.6/2 22 PY - 2004/// CY - New York PB - Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group KW - Demographic transition KW - Age distribution (Demography) KW - Population KW - Fertility, Human KW - Economic development KW - United States KW - Developed countries KW - Developing countries N1 - Includes index; "A New American Book"; The fundamentalist moment -- Coffins and cradles -- America's vanishing labor supply -- The new human environment -- People power -- Fading nations -- The cost of children -- The cost of aging -- The slowing pace of progress -- Home economics -- Freedom and fertility -- Work and families ER -