Nova - World in the Balance

The world's population is growing at an alarming rate, with one billion more people coming into the world every 12 years! Statistics show that 98% of this population growth is poised to begin occurring in the most impoverished regions on earth. WORLD IN THE BALANCE investigates the dire effects that this growth will have on the world--environmentally, economically, and socially. The trends of birth and aging will be explored, as will the effects that industrialization, capitalism, and a consumerist lifestyle will have over the next 50 years.