The Effects of Fear on the Society

The Effects of Fear on the Society

Economics of population is, at its simplest, the study of a distribution of

resources. As demographic and environmental factors change, the careful balance of

supply and demand becomes altered. This change in the distribution of resources is

usually a slow developing process, as rising fertility rates or environmental waste can

decade by decade create a greater imbalance between what is available for

consumption and what is needed for survival. Still, sudden unexpected events

sometimes arise that greatly disrupt the environmental balance. Such was the case on

September eleventh. On that morning, a hijacked airplane collided with one of the

two towers that make up the World Trade Center. Fifteen minutes later, another

civilian-filled carrier crashed into the second. The rippling effects of these horrific

events are being felt in all segments of our lives.

Above all, the second innocent human beings were used as a torpedo to kill

thousands of other unassuming victims, a new worldwide feeling of fear and

insecurity was born. That fear has now caused consumers to refrain from spending,

tourists to think twice about travelling, governments to think of ways to encourage

such economic activity, and indeed thousands of Afghans to flee for their lives. The

fear that was created on September 11th has become a heavy burden on our already

ailing economy. This economic burden will put further strain on such demographic

problems as social security and oil distribution. On the other side of the world, fear of

retribution has caused thousands to flee their homes, making an already drastic

humanitarian crisis worse as refugees flood an area that already had too little

resources for an ...

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