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Notably, we have the technology to provide everyone on the planet with reliable access to food, clean water, and shelter, right now. And probably the tech to pr
by Karellen 4y ago
Notably, we have the technology to provide everyone on the planet with reliable access to food, clean water, and shelter, right now. And probably the tech to provide access to education and fairly decent healthcare too.
We just... don't.
- epicureanideal 4y agoAlthough if it leads to exponentially increasing population, even in only a few countries or regions, that could create issues in the long term. We also need responsible population growth.
- kybernetikos 4y agoWhat would happen is the opposite of this. Wealthy countries have lower than replacement birth rates. If you're worried about responsible population growth, you get that by making the poorest wealthier and giving them access to education and health care.
- sidewndr46 4y agoThere is no "responsible" population growth. Unbounded indefinite growth of any species on Earth is incompatible with a stable biosphere.
- hammyhavoc 4y agoDo you know of any good reading materials on this topic/concept?
- vlabakje90 4y agoTry Das Kapital by Karl Marx and/or The Conquest of Bread by Piotr Kropotkin.
- yamtaddle 4y agoNo specific recommendations (though I was tempted to half-jokingly recommend Marx's Capital, as another poster did) but you're probably looking for something under, broadly, the umbrella of International Political Economy (IPE). It's like macro-econ but with a focus on where economics intersect with politics & policy, and on real-world outcomes of various approaches to economics.