How Demographic Change And Economy Inequality Are Reshaping Society

Decent Essays
Saralynn Niealsen
Mr. Erickson
Cj 241
Extra Credit Lecture There was a campus lecture on Wednesday October 4th given by John Iceland a professor from Penn State University. Mr. Iceland’s lecture was called Portrait of America: How Demographic Change and Economy Inequality are Reshaping Society. His overall theme for the presentation was are these the best of times, the worst of times or somewhere in between. Mr. Iceland had some good news to tell us such as “there has been a steady growth of population in the U.S., fertility rate has decreased to about 2 children since the 1800’s with about 7 children, except for the baby boomers, and legal immigrants to the U.S. 1820-2011, has increased over recent decades, but with a mini decline in recent

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