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Of course, the other side of the coin says that there are too many people.
by doctorstupid 12y ago
Of course, the other side of the coin says that there are too many people.
- tomwalker 12y agoI think that this is a very important piece of the discussion. Improving the efficiency of a lot of workers and increasing automation does not marry up well with a constantly increasing world population.
- sumedh 12y agoThe growth rate is falling though.
- JoeAltmaier 12y agoFor the planet, sure. But for economic analysis its irrelevant. All metrics are per-capita.
- selmnoo 12y ago> For the planet, sure. But for economic analysis its irrelevant. No, for economic analysis overpopulation is very relevant. Maybe not in the extremely short term, but in the long term when overpopulation strains the finite supply of goods like energy and raw material, this becomes very relevant. In addition to the fact the reversing man-made climate change would also take incredible capital and resources to pull off, it's actually probably one of the biggest things to be seen in economic analysis.