Tag: Malthusians

The World’s Resources Aren’t Running Out – Matt Ridley

May 5, 2014

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mwkruse

in Capitalism and Markets, Economic Development, Environment, Human Progress, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

Wall Street Journal: The World's Resources Aren't Running Out As I listen to conversations about our economic future, I hear two visions of the future being articulated, and I think both are inaccurate. First, there are what I call the Malthusians. They see a world of imminent collapse, limits to growth, exhausted resources, and such.…
Go forth and multiply a lot less

Oct 30, 2009

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mwkruse

in Demography, Economic Development, Health and Medicine, Human Progress, Poverty, Trends: Economic, Trends: Social

The Economist: Go forth and multiply a lot less Lower fertility is changing the world for the better. SOMETIME in the next few years (if it hasn’t happened already) the world will reach a milestone: half of humanity will be having only enough children to replace itself. That is, the fertility rate of half the…