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[Richard Archer]

At 10:22 AM +1100 2/12/09, Jan Whitaker wrote:

>Agreed. But the problem is the whole economic growth model is based
>on replacement consumption. No one is saying it, but the population
>growth thing must have some basis in this continued self-defeating
>concept. "Stasis" is not allowed in market economies. Tipping point
>is an idea that needs more discussion.

The Market proceeds in a boom-bust cycle, and if we allow
the world to be run by economists, human population will
inevitably follow the same cycle.

This process has been well-known since the Club of Rome
published Limits to Growth in the '70s and more recently
through the works of Jared Diamond.

The fact that a bust in human population implies billions
of deaths through war, famine or disease should be enough
to trigger some action on this issue.

It's a sad indictment of democracy that people will vote
for policies which will result in the death of their kids
and grandkids in a population "bust".

...Richard.