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> Why is this a problem? It incentivizes breeding. The more resources are freely available the more our population will grow until we reach equilibrium. Althou
by alexmat 11y ago
> Why is this a problem?
It incentivizes breeding. The more resources are freely available the more our population will grow until we reach equilibrium. Although we usually overshoot and end up with a Malthusian outcome.
"Yet in all societies, even those that are most vicious, the tendency to a virtuous attachment is so strong, that there is a constant effort towards an increase of population. This constant effort as constantly tends to subject the lower classes of the society to distress and to prevent any great permanent amelioration of their condition".
— Malthus T.R. 1798. An Essay on the Principle of Population. Chapter II.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Essay_on_the_Principle_of_Population https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Essay_on_the_Principle_of_P...
- unimpressive 11y ago>It incentivizes breeding. It's usually considered bad form to point this out, but there is no divine mandate that makes human breeding a process beyond the control of human societies.
- taurath 11y agoHere is a graph that says thats wrong: http://www.udel.edu/johnmack/apec324/excel_lab1/xy_plot1.png http://www.udel.edu/johnmack/apec324/excel_lab1/xy_plot1.png As people get more resources, they tend to have FEWER children than those with little resources.
- alexmat 11y agoWe don't know what effect basic income would have on GDP, only that it would affect distribution of wealth. Income equality might rise while GDP falls in a re-distributive system. High GDP does not imply high income equality. That graph is misleading in this context.