The question considered hereâhow does population growth affect the direction. and magnitude of economic change today as world population approaches 6 billionâis. germane to a key argument invoked to defend international population assistance. programs since their inception in the early 1960s.
July 20, 1971: Ehrlichman Announces Creation of âPlumbersâ. Nixon aide John Ehrlichman reports that he has successfully created the special investigations unit ordered by the president (see Late June-July 1971). His first choice to head the unit, speechwriter Pat Buchanan, refused the position.
John Stevens was an engineer, inventor, and promoter of steam transportation, whose petition to the U.S. Congress resulted in the Patent Law of 1790. Robert Fulton, an artist, civil engineer, and inventor, formed an agreement with Livingston to build steamboats to run between Albany and New York City.