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FANTASIA tells of her astonishing rise from hopeless high school dropout to American Idol superstar in the inspirational New York Times bestseller Life Is Not a Fairy Tale
In one moment, with one tearful performance of "Summertime," the nineteen-year-old Fantasia captured the hearts -- and the votes -- of millions of American Idol fans. Her powerful voice and independent style made her an overnight national sensation. But life wasn't always sensational for Fantasia.
At the age of seventeen, despite the promise of her extraordinary voice, Fantasia was in danger of becoming just another sad statistic: an uneducated, unmarried teenage mother living in the projects. But Fantasia had been raised by two strong, influential women: Both her grandmother and mother are preachers, and she was raised with an unshakable faith. In Life Is Not a Fairy Tale, Fantasia speaks -- with a spirit as strong as her voice -- about what it takes to believe in the power of one's self. She turns all that she's learned into uplifting life lessons, including:
• Recognize your gift
• You made your bed, now lie in it
• Give props where props are due
• Like mother, like daughter
• It ain't about the bling
Fantasia keeps it real with her sassy, self-confident style and down-to-earth advice, making readers laugh and cry with her. Life Is Not a Fairy Tale is more than just a celebrity success story. It's a book of revelations that will inspire all readers to reach for their greatest potential.
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Great Story.......2007-09-02
THis book had a great story but the writing was very elementary - so we found it hard to read for that reason.
Must Read for all teenage girls.......2007-07-03
This book gave me a new respect for Fantasia - her honesty was refreshing and I'm hoping helpful. I immediately bought another copy for my 16 year old neice who has an incredible voice and a wonderful love for God. I'm hoping it will help her not to lose her focus while still pursuing her dreams.
I wasn't happy..............2007-05-31
I really enjoyed the person I saw on American idol who called herself Fantasia. So full of life, so expressive, such a good singer. Then why didn't I enjoy the book? Fantasia seemed to use the book to preach to us about her religious beliefs instead of sticking to the story about her life. I have my own strong religious beliefs and didn't fancy her trying to change my thoughts about God. If she didn't have enough material from her own life to full the pages of a book, I think she should have just stuck with singing. THAT I enjoy.
A Great Page Turner.......2007-04-18
This book is wonderful. Fantasia let's everything out, seacrets and all and she is not scared to hold anything back. You can almost imagine being her, seeing what she sees and doing what she does from all the detail you gain. You would have never guessed who and what this women is really about from what you see on your television screen watching American Idol. You may think you know, but you have no idea! This book is highly recomended to any fan of American Idol.
Appealing and Inspiring.......2007-03-29
She was just a singing country girl who loved the Lord. But then, against all odds, America crowned her their idol.
In this touching memoir, Fantasia Barrino describes her hardscrabble Southern upbringing, unplanned pregnancy and struggles with illiteracy after dropping out of school to raise her daughter. Both younger readers and adults will appreciate this candid, behind-the-scenes look at Barrino's rise to success - and the faith that made it happen. Appealing and inspiring.
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Snow White, Cinderella, and Sleeping Beauty. Every little girl grew up hearing the stories of "happily ever after," but is that the world in which she exists today?
Living in this not-so-fairy-tale world, you are torn between everything you longed for and everything you live with. You wonder how your heart will survive, because what you have isn't even close to what you hoped for. Hang on! Real hope is found in the tension between the two-in an invisible kingdom. This place is where you discover the true heart of a princess-one full of dreams, wonder, delight, and joy. And you learn to keep it alive, even in the midst of this crazy, disappointed, hard-to-understand world.
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Every woman should read this book........2007-03-17
I enjoyed this book so much that I read it twice and purchased a copy for my best friend.
loved it!.......2006-02-12
I loved this book! It was so easy to get into and spoke so many truths about women. It was simple enough to follow and the writing style was superb. If you liked Captivated by Stasi Eldridge then you'll love this one as well.
A Good Piece for Troubled Times.......2005-11-23
This book has a very special feel to it, because it makes you feel special about who you are.
The author has an interesting take on the elements as to why the fairy tale stays allive, which are the elements of recognition, adoration and consolation.
Johnson, however, is playing up more to the notion of disneyfied fairy tales and admits that those are not what we need as adults. As a reasult she rightfully is pointing to authors like CS Lewis, George MacDonald and Tolkein as stirring the adult psyche.
"Hope is beleiving in spite of the evidence and watching the evidence change," is what Jim Wallis says who is an incredible activist and preacher.
Timing of when you read things is everything because Nicole Johnson made me beleive in those words in a different way.
If this book is read when it feels like our hopes have disappointed it will be a true gem and it has a wonderful, magical feel to it. I have felt like my hopes have disappointed me and i know that i have become cynical about some things in my life. Johnson's approach was challenging and comforting.
Her approach to sentimentaltiy versus love was important. However, I realized that as an activist that i do need that sentimental feel from romantic comedy to remind myself how to feel and how to hope. Johnson pointed to God and reminded me that such things are merely surface items, although they can be comforting at times as well.
I would say that I would recommend this book to other female christian friends during troubled times. When we face our own disappointments. Don't read this when you are feeling the need to think: Johnson is negligent of a true content analysis of our culture's approach to things. Johnson is also negligent of pulling in scripture until the last part of the book. Johnson also does not really go into much detail on feminazis versus sentimental women tendencies which would have been interesting as well. The book does not have very solid research in anything beyond the literary and cultural fairy tale and even then does not go into much detail. However she does touch briefly on these things in a way that can bring a cup of comfort in discouraging times. I do not think that she means for it to be solid research as much as something to stir our souls. It is a well written piece of work, and there is a lot of truth to her words that stirs the soul. It is well written and i love the imagery that she uses her words and it is more like an essay that you would read in a church than something that you would bring to an academic setting.
I would recommend this book, just not necessarily when you feel the need to think too critically. Like I said, it is a good piece for troubled times.
It was ok.......2005-10-04
Not that it was a bad book but I think it's geared toward those who are more jaded with life. I did like how the author reminded us that we are daughters of the King and the last chapter for me, made the whole book.
Wonderful, wonderful book ..........2005-08-20
I loved this book so much that I'm having trouble deciding which of my friends to lend it to first! It touches on so many issues that all women face today and puts things right back in the right perspective. I highly recommend this book!!!!
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- A truly wonderful LDS YA novel!
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My Not-So-Fairy-Tale Life
Julie Wright
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Looking away, I asked as nonchalantly as my rapidly beating heart would allow, "So you're the kind of guy that believes in fairy-tales." "I am. And you're the kind of girl that believes in the reality of here and now." "When you're pregnant and living with your brother and his wife, reality seems like a safer place to stay." Suzanne Quincy was raised by an abusive mother and an apathetic father. In an effort to escape her upbringing, Suzie chooses the numbing effects of drugs and alcohol--and the accompanying lifestyle. She reaches a crossroad when she discovers she is pregnant. Will she listen to the world and abort the baby, or will she listen to the conscience she has ignored her entire life? The choice she makes sends her down a path of self-discovery. This story is about choices and consequences, laughter and tears, and finding the truth in the midst of it all.
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A truly wonderful LDS YA novel!.......2007-04-27
I had the privilege of reading Julie's novel before it was published -- it's now one of my top favorite LDS YA novels. Julie has a wonderful, easy-to-read style of writing with great, realistic dialogue and intriguing, three-dimensional characters. I couldn't put this book down! Truly a wonderfully-crafted novel on the subject of adoption. I'm really looking forward to reading more of Julie's novels in the future!
Not the typical Mormon Lit.......2007-02-25
I tend not to enjoy books written solely for an LDS audience. The innate optimism and idealism in such books feels shallow to me. My Not So Fairy Tale Life by Julie Wright has that optimism and idealism, but fleshes it out with solid characters who have real emotional conflicts. I truly enjoyed reading this book.
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What if living happily ever after isn't the fairy tale you thought it would be? Who would have guessed that Prince Charming snores, or that his horse is a car with a cracked windshield? Cristina Ferrare shows us, with the trademark wit and candor that have made her a beloved media personality and bestselling author, that life isn't a fairy tale. But look at it the right way (and you will after this book) and the reality is wonderful in its own right. Using examples from her own life, Ferrare illustrates that the dirty dishes, hungry kids, cranky boss, and messy house can be just as much a part of joy as rare romantic moments, perfectly behaved children, a well-earned promotion and raise, and a spotless home. Her journey through 'a fairy tale interrupted' is one that will strike a chord with both working women and stay-at-home moms. Thousands of women with low libido identified with Ferrare's voice in Okay, So I Don't Have a Headache. Reading Realistically Ever After, women everywhere will see themselves, their families, coworkers, and neighbors in her stories of life's everyday frustrations and hilarious predicaments. And they'll realize that they don't need a hero on a white horse-they've already got everything it takes to be happy. CRISTINA FERRARE, after 20 years as a supermodel, co-hosted AM Los Angeles, which was the highest-rated morning television show during her
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The marketer.......2005-05-14
I've always found Cristina Ferrare on television to have charm, warmth, humor. She's also endearingly insecure, conscientious and doesn't take herself too seriously. She's also someone whose figure is never fully in control, so it's always piqued my interest to see what she looks like now - and when she's plump (a rare sight on television at any time), she looks far more appealing than other plump women.
Yet I think the most striking characteristic about her is her ambition - largely by marketing herself. There's nothing wrong with this - but it's something of a strange and American (largely West Coast, I think) phenomenon that is largely limited to women. (It would be strange to find a male celebrity of similar provenance hawking a new book about how he'd recovered from his wife's departure, noting his new line of highball glasses, writing of his bout with drug addiction, or appearing on television to sell his new line of after-shaves or blazers).
Yet one can turn on television at any time of day and see women famous in one area now seeking to earn some money in another. Why, there's Mariette Hartley talking about how laser surgery helped her - or Victoria Principal talking about skin care - or Suzanne Somers talking about her special diets - or Phyllis George selling quilts - or Stefanie Powers or Mary Ann Mobley or Connie Sellaca or Marilu Henner or Kathleen Sullivan or Kathy Ireland ... thousands and thousands of women celebrities selling, selling, selling.
Models and actresses selling diet books, exercise books, books about recovery from eating disorders, incest, child abuse, divorce, alcoholism, menopause, breast cancer, drug addiction, etc. - to sell products for hands and face or the wall or the bed, ways to entertain or meet that special man or keep that special man or raise better children ...
written or designed by people initially famous NOT for being themselves (and certainly not for that marketing niche) but for assuming other identities, whether as models or actresses.
We are informed that these particular subjects are ones that greatly involve the author. Yet when we sense from reading this book that Cristina Ferrare:
now apparently feels embarrassed at being associated with a loss of libido (now that her book on the subject has been out some years) ("I seem to have become the poster child..."). And we should know that it's "a problem from which I quickly recovered" - I guess it wasn't that serious; or that
The Home Show, to which so many fans were devoted (and for which at the time she expressed boundless enthusiasm, and created a very active webpage with a very active chat room among her fans) is one we have "probably never heard of" because "it wasn't the big time"; or that
Ms. Ferrare will always be battling her weight even though we see in the ads and website for Oxycise that she experienced "amazing results" with it - though no mention of Oxycise is in this book so I guess it isn't THAT amazing--
-- you have to wonder about the transcience of her enthusiasms - and their connection with whatever seems a good idea at the time.
Similarly, to see Ms. Ferrare selling her book on the Christian Broadcasting Network by speaking of her deep spirituality, her precious feeling about marriage, about family - and yet to scarcely find mention in this book of her first marriage - but instead to read of her two later marriages with the wealthy chairman of DeLorean Motor Co. and the wealthy former chairman of American Broadcasting Company - again makes one wonder about the durability of Ms. Ferrare's passions (and to hum, "If I were a carpenter ...").
I'm sure she's very attached to her current husband and children - but then wasn't she devoted to her first husband? After all, she writes here of how firmly she believed in the permanence of each marriage -- at the time - it's just that things happened, I guess.
Well, a gal's gotta sell.
And if beyond reading about "Style: How to Have It In Every Part of Your Life" (in which as other reviewers note, she describes her "fabulous" marriage to John DeLorean), "Cristina Ferrare's Family Entertaining", and "Okay, So I Don't Have a Headache" (in which she describes the loss of libido from which she quickly recovered), you want to read about how to recover from disappointments while in your third marriage to a corporate chairman, you're obviously welcome to do so.
But gee, didn't I read something like this from Suzanne Somers? Didn't I just read one by Deborah Norville (the crushing blow of unpopularity after taking over from Jane Pauley, the staggering effect of being fired from her interview program, the weight gain, the ... and of how we must learn to take things in stride, see the simple things that matter ...).
It's good advice - and it's given by the dozens of these books being published.
Still and all, if you find Cristina Ferrare appealing, as I do, you'll enjoy this slight book. I did. AS I wrote above, she IS warm and humorous and insecure ...
And don't worry, she'll probably have another out soon -- in fact, one day in the future, I expect that she'll have one published about how to market yourself -- even in your 80s.
AAAAHHHHHH.....love the book!!.......2004-05-27
Wow. Just finished reading this book! Can we just call Christina the Renaissance Woman of the YEAR!! Between her passion for her work and then her family.....so relatable...so real! Her book is incredible and I will gladly take the time to say so! Buy it, you will not be dissapointed!!
You are a spokeswoman for all WOMEN!!
Loved it!.......2004-05-21
This book is fabulous! I really enjoyed reading it! Thank you, Cristina Ferrare, for such a great read.
Christina has done it once again!!!.......2004-05-19
An amazingly written, laugh-out-loud portrayal of family struggles and life lessons. I bought three more copies of this book to give to friends who share the same opinion. Everyone can relate to Christina's stories. She has an endless passion and vigor for life, a very admirable quality.
Your writing always hits home with me!!!
God Bless!
A MUST READ FOR WOMEN OF ALL AGES!.......2004-05-18
You go Cristina Ferrare, this book was FABULOUS!
Realistically Ever After was honest and humorous in a Erma Bombeck-ish way! I laughed, I cried and I giggled from the beginning to the end of this book.
As a much admired and well-liked celebrity, Ms. Ferrare has always been candid in sharing both the good and the troubling times in her life with her audiences and fans. I knew this book would reflect her warm personality, honesty and humor that she shares with us on TV. If you love to watch and listen to her as I do, you will love this book and in your heart you will thank her for opening up and sharing the good and hard times. It lets you know that we are all the same no matter who you are and that nobody has a perfect life.
Now when I need a good giggle or a little cry I don't have to wait for her to be a guest on a TV show, I can just pick up her book at anytime!
I truly recommend this book for women of all ages. I know I will be purchasing this book for my 27 year old daughter. I might add that I know my mother loves her more than me, and nothing could make me happier!
Read the book and you will know why I said this!
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Fairy Tales Can Come True (Just Not Every Day) How to Keep the Love in Your Love Life
J. S. Salt
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Here's a warm, nostalgic look at that thing called love, with 65 fun retro photos -- plus easy-to-follow tips and tools you can return to again and again. Give it as a gift... or keep it for yourself as a daily reminder of "how to keep the love in your love life." Guaranteed to promote a better love life (and plenty of smiles)! Part of the Picture Books for Grown-Ups series.
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Not Your Average Princess: A Real-life Fairy Tale
Theresa Keily Regenold
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This story is based on actual events from the authorÂ's life. Theresa was the ninth of ten children; the one with the birth defect. She was born into a strict Catholic family in Dayton, Ohio, and youÂ'll feel her heartache as she falls from grace with her father, only to have him die soon afterwards. This event is followed by the death of a beloved sister, and the truly bizarre behavior of her mentally ill and abusive mother. Experience the excitement as, at her motherÂ's insistence, thirteen-year-old Theresa is thrust into the discos of the mid-1970s, soon becoming a regular in those establishments. Share the journey as she tries to find Mr. Right and her own happily ever after, while fate plays the biggest role of all. Pour a cup of coffee or a glass of tea, grab your favorite munchies, and settle into your easy chair, as you enjoy this real-life fairy tale.
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Absolutely Fantastic.......2006-01-31
It was really spellbinding. I recommend this book to everyone. It is a must read. You will love it.
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Recorded history is a finely-woven magic fabric of intricate lies about events predating the sixteenth century. There is not a single piece of evidence that can be reliably and independently traced back earlier than the eleventh century. This book details events that are substantiated by hard facts and logic, and validated by new astronomical research and statistical analysis of ancient sources.
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Calculations are only as good as your numbers.......2007-08-03
Yes, we can all agree that mainstream history is nearly 100% BS due to politics, economics, ego, problems with dating techniques, and various conspiracies. Agreed. But, I've been researching the distinct possibility that human history (in terms of civilizations) are much more ancient than we've been told, so coming across this book was very interesting to me. I wondered how Fomenko could be wrong (if at all) because he is very persuasive in his presentations. Then it dawned on me. If at previous times in prehistory, due to the various catastrophies that are well documented (comets, asteroids, planetary disruptions, plasma discharge, pole reversals, etc) the Earth was in a different position in relation to the sun, different tilt on its axis, different orbit, different rotation (in terms of velocity and DIRECTION), and the continents were in different positions, then would this not cause the ancients to see the sky (constellations) differently? In other words, is Fomenko making erronious assumptions about the physics of the Earth in pre-history, which then corrupt his data with regards to dating the relevant astrology? The last event to seriously disrupt our planet occured roughly 3500 years ago, according to other good researchers, so is it possible Fomenko has been confused by this? The vastly different physics of our planet in the not so distant past may explain this confusion, which is not to say the "mainstream" version of history is correct; on the contrary. I am not an expert in these fields, but wanted to see if this idea could spark discussion.
Pants on fire?.......2007-07-19
Will people ever read before spamming? Yes, Jesuits could not rewrite world history alone, they had help. Anyway, Dr Prof Acad A.Fomenko does not point to jesuits as the driving force of world wide history manipulation in published volumes 1,2,3;, actually he barely mentions the poor devils. Check it with 'Search inside' feature, please. China is rarely mentioned either, in fact, Dr Fomenko is completely eurocentric. Right, his theory contradicts all mainstream schools of history, because in their actual state they are all built on blatantly erroneus chronology. You don't need a mysterious cabal (conspiracy) to falsify history, the falsification is its modus operandi. It is inherent to history(ians) to falsify (distort) events, as it is inherent to humans to boast as it is inherent to power (authority) to legimize itself by referrring to glorious past made to its own order. Dr Prof Fomenko and team have identified scores of instances of such manipulation in Russian, European, etc.. history, and delivered valid statistical proof thereof. His own 'reconstruction' is completely another story. Forget c14 as a valid method of dating. W.Libby has initially discovered a brilliant method of INDEPENDENT dating. Too bad, c14 method has become a joke after a forced marrige with dendrochronology with consensual chronological scale inbuilt. Radiocarbon method can't stand blind tests, but is so very productive as a rubberstamp.
Accepted History & Chronology Must Be Changed. .......2007-04-09
There is no doubt that history as most know it is a sham, & institution's version of History both University & Church is fradulent & inaccurate. Everything was established with an agenda, The real "Dark Ages" are now when we have access to incredible amounts of information past authorities & more important 'common folk' didn't have but our institutions & educators are slow to evolve because of what has ignorantly & arrogantly been taught for too long. This is on many subjects not just Chronology.
For anyone to question "Why would a Mathematician have anything credible to say of History?" The answer is from Dr. Fomenko's preface in the book: "It would be worthwhile to remind the reader that in the XVI-XVII century Chronology was considered to be a subdivision of Mathematics." These volumes could possibly be some of the most important works to date & should be read by everyone with an interest in History, especially professors & educators who have a duty to the public. I have read both books & must say that 'Chronology 1' has some very eye opening & revolutionary information. Even if these volumes are part true the implications are profound & opens the doors to further investigations & questions which must be done. I speak several different lanquages & must say the logic Dr. Fomenko uses with "inflection" of words & words being read from left to right in one region & right to left in another then written backwards, the removal of vowels & get down to basics of words, or different cities & locations having the same name etc. is correct. Vowel usage has always been optional & varied, actually complicating linquistics & study. The first thing one has to understand is that words never had a fixed spelling in history like we do now, the spelling of words was mutable & regional, as well as names & titles of people were vast, varied & changed, NOTHING WAS FIXED or understood linear. Matters of Life & Death as well as financial profiteering yesterday & today were & are made with ignorant, illogical & conspiratorial views of history & reality, it's time people get closer to the Truth & society collectively grow up.
Very Interesting.......2007-03-07
It is a good proposal and I believe it will mature into something even better in the future. I think it deserves to be read.
History as Science Fiction.......2007-01-10
Anatoly Fomenko has written a very intriguing book, full of pictures, charts, and computer 'proof' of his thesis: backwards of AD900 we don't really know what happened or when. Between AD900 and AD1600 there is more certainty, but there is still a lot of fuzzy ground, and things don't get reliable until we get past the 1600's where the printing press made it very difficult for the perpetrators of this timeline manipulation to change anything that had been committed to print. The Dark Ages did not happen. Books were burned for a reason. One organization has doubled the actual length of its existence by expanding the real chronology. Read why.
I had always wondered why Christ died about AD33 and yet men waited until the 11th century to form the Knights Templar, the Cathars, etc and go after the Holy Land by force. Why the 1000 year gap? Turns out there wasn't more than a 10-12 year gap and he proves it using astronomy. This also implies that the planet is not as old as we have been told, and current Christian and other creationist scientists are already championing that idea without being aware of Fomenko's book. The two groups, creationist scientists and the Russian mathematical analysts corroborate each other. Fascinating.
Of course, all this flies in the face of what we have been told traditionally is the 'proper' chronology of western civilization, and most readers will experience 'cognitive dissonance' in reading this book. It means that our history going backwards from AD1600 becomes progressively more incorrect and unreliable until it cannot be trusted at all... in the space of 700-800 years.
Naturally, the curious, open-minded reader will want to know WHO did this, WHY, and did any of the events we think of as really ancient ever happen?
Dr. Fomenko is a respected scientist/mathematician at Moscow State University who has already answered these questions to the satisfaction of his initially skeptical colleagues. Most of them are now believers, a few still refuse to believe (the usual diehards), and of course the western press has ignored Fomenko's work -- for obvious reasons when you read the book. The ones who perpetrated this chronology ruse have a lot to answer for. They are still with us. That's why this book is a well-kept secret.
I gave the book a 4-star rating because I was unable to check out some of his claims; those I checked were as he said. But if even 1/3 of his claims are true, this punches a big hole in what we think is our history, the meaning of western civilization, our educational process (for repeating the ruse as gospel), and the trustworthiness of the organization that perpetrated this ruse, well-intentioned or not.
This book relates to current research into a Young Earth paradigm, to John Keel's discoveries about our planet, and Fr Malachi Martin's insights (in his now out-of-print books). We are indeed sheep who are manipulated and kept ignorant -- for a reason. While knowing what these men have to say may be the "booby prize" (as in: 'what can you do with this knowledge?'), it will provide interesting reading. Didn't someone say: "...and the Truth will set you free."?? For you to judge if this book contains the truth.
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From the author: At the close of World War II, the future of economic development was the subject of wide-ranging debates. Historical experience has since shown that these forecasts were uniformly too pessimistic. Expectations for the American economy focused on the likelihood of secular stagnation, which continued to be debated throughout the post-war period. Concerns raised during the late 1960s and early 1970s about rapid population growth smothering the potential for economic growth in developing countries were contradicted when, during the mid- and late-1970s, fertility rates began to decline rapidly. Predictions that food production would not keep up with population growth have also been proven wrong: between 1961 and 2000, calories per capita worldwide have increased by 24 percent, despite a doubling of the global population. The high rates of economic growth in East and Southeast Asia were also unforeseen by economists. [JEL O10]
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