worth 6 (SIX) short answer question

Please discuss the issue of population growth. What was the primary point of the Economist magazine handout? What was Sinding and Birdsall's opinion? What evidence do Neo-Malthusians cite to argue that we are still at risk of disaster? What was the historical (long-ago) correlation between pop. growth and growth in per-capita income? What issues are arising in countries with slowing population growth, or even falling numbers?