Re: World Population Growth
While we had huge population growth in the 20th century, you've gotta look at why that happened.
It happened not 'cause people had more kids, but rather, because people died less (esp. at childbirth). I tend to think that reducing infant mortality is a good thing.
Why did people die less? 'cause we had enough wealth to develop and produce medicines. Expected life expectancy went from 30-something to 70-something in many parts of the world.
Thus, we had a population boom because we had plenty of resources. Now, people claim that the population will not keep growing because we don't have enough resources. I'm not convinced that that is based on a very deep understanding of the issues involved.
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