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That won't really help the pension issue–pensions are held up by the expectation of a large working-age population to support current retirees. FWIW, I think p
by somebodythere 8y ago
That won't really help the pension issue–pensions are held up by the expectation of a large working-age population to support current retirees.
FWIW, I think people tend to overstate the risks of overpopulation; the Earth could support 10x the current population with a comfortable standard of living, if space and energy usage per person was reduced (which could be helped along by increased urbanization, among other things).
- rabidrat 8y agoHuman biomass displaces other species. It is no coincidence that the human population has doubled sine 1970...while the number of wild (non-domesticated) animals has halved. So sure, we might be able to support 80 billion (!!) humans...but with a correspondingly devastating loss of biodiversity.
- NTDF9 8y agoNo. We can tax corporate profits. More and more profits come from automation and outsourcing. Just tax it.