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econoclast

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13. Not a suggestion

Mon Jul 7, 2014, 05:16 PM

Jul 2014

As I am not in the 'catastrophic overpopulation' camp I in fact hope you don't!!!!

But a genuine question. How do you hold the position and decline to act?

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Study: Falling fertility rates are �demographic time bomb� [View all] LuckyTheDog Jul 2014 OP

The solution to most economic and social problems is a 32 hour work week. lumberjack_jeff Jul 2014 #1

Some people need to work 60+ hours just to make ends meet davidn3600 Jul 2014 #2

I'm more concerned with the person working zero hours. lumberjack_jeff Jul 2014 #4

So everybody's standard of living can go down? Travis_0004 Jul 2014 #45

Yup. Just like standard of living went down when FDR signed the 40 hour week. lumberjack_jeff Jul 2014 #51

They can if they get a living wage for those 32 hours, LWolf Jul 2014 #5

The other solution is higher wages bhikkhu Jul 2014 #6

Higher wages is a consequence of a constrained labor supply lumberjack_jeff Jul 2014 #16

And a constrained labor supply comes from a declining birth rate. bhikkhu Jul 2014 #27

The US doesn't have a declining population. lumberjack_jeff Jul 2014 #49

If you break down the demographics on that... bhikkhu Jul 2014 #67

"The baby boomers" lumberjack_jeff Jul 2014 #69

You probably won't like this site either bhikkhu Jul 2014 #74

Good for many industries, but can be problematic for those positions that require hughee99 Jul 2014 #14

I don't care that finding additional workers "is problematic". lumberjack_jeff Jul 2014 #18

When labor shortages in the medical industry occur, hughee99 Jul 2014 #22

When labor shortages in ANY industry occur, the industry brings in more workers. lumberjack_jeff Jul 2014 #48

"Arbitrarily large amounts of education"? hughee99 Jul 2014 #54

How about 20% more med schools? lumberjack_jeff Jul 2014 #58

Because Cuba spent YEARS building the infrastructure to do this. hughee99 Jul 2014 #60

It would happen overnight if consumer groups were in charge of school accreditation. n/t lumberjack_jeff Jul 2014 #61

If "consumer groups" (widely renown for their expertise in medical education) gave accreditation hughee99 Jul 2014 #62

Can you give me an example of another occupation... lumberjack_jeff Jul 2014 #71

How about the legal profession? hughee99 Jul 2014 #73

It is already 35-hour work week yeoman6987 Jul 2014 #29

How does a professor work a 35 hour week? caraher Jul 2014 #56

easier on families - allows women with children to stay in the workforce Iris Jul 2014 #50

When Ehrlich was researching his ideas, the effects of the petrochemicals SoCalDem Jul 2014 #3

The sky is falling either way you look at it bhikkhu Jul 2014 #7

+1 nomorenomore08 Jul 2014 #25

the planet would be far better off if there were zero human babies geek tragedy Jul 2014 #8

I am always fascinated econoclast Jul 2014 #11

I am always bored by sophistry. geek tragedy Jul 2014 #12

Not a suggestion econoclast Jul 2014 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author geek tragedy Jul 2014 #17

That is bull betterdemsonly Jul 2014 #19

they also have overwhelming population density geek tragedy Jul 2014 #20

Quite frankly .... You frighten me econoclast Jul 2014 #21

16.5 trillion people on planet earth does not frighten you? geek tragedy Jul 2014 #23

China abandoned its one child policy malaise Jul 2014 #38

Someone bored by sophistry just extrapolated exponential growth 2000 years into the future. mathematic Jul 2014 #39

well, then, we agree that SOMETHING has to rein in the rate of human population growth geek tragedy Jul 2014 #46

"China's "one child policy" will have to be expanded to the entire planet, and ruthlessly enforced" ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jul 2014 #59

maybe a bit of overdramatization. geek tragedy Jul 2014 #63

There are many ways to act, and I think at this point individual decision is best bhikkhu Jul 2014 #28

Oh goodness yeoman6987 Jul 2014 #30

Science. geek tragedy Jul 2014 #32

You don't think we could sustain a 10 billion person World? yeoman6987 Jul 2014 #34

10 billion? I'm talking 90 billion in 1000 years, 16.5 trillion geek tragedy Jul 2014 #35

It's folly to extrapolate the numbers out that far customerserviceguy Jul 2014 #37

the point I'm making is that something has to change that number. geek tragedy Jul 2014 #47

Agreed customerserviceguy Jul 2014 #64

It's already changing; I don't know where you got 1.2%, but that's out of date muriel_volestrangler Jul 2014 #65

Ya. I guess I was seeing the revanchism from the geek tragedy Jul 2014 #68

I admit you are right yeoman6987 Jul 2014 #43

If you are really against pollution, why don't you stop driving a car and heating your home? Squinch Jul 2014 #44

Ah. The moral equivalence of contraception and suicide. Orsino Jul 2014 #72

DU: located at the intersection of nihilism and misanthropy n/t lumberjack_jeff Jul 2014 #52

and science, and math. nt geek tragedy Jul 2014 #53

When the global population falls to, let's say, LWolf Jul 2014 #9

I think the population drop will be disruptive for a while, but will benefit us in the long term. Brigid Jul 2014 #10

Why nothing will happen to change this. betterdemsonly Jul 2014 #15

The inherent problem: any system predicated on limitless growth ultimately fails. Spider Jerusalem Jul 2014 #24

Tough shit, people of the world. We're past the carrying capacity as it is, need to slow it down. NYC_SKP Jul 2014 #26

Or...they could lead to unprecedented increases in prosperity and technology. Xithras Jul 2014 #31

Please stop spamming your blog. LeftyMom Jul 2014 #33

+1 n/t X_Digger Jul 2014 #57

dont tell China or India angrychair Jul 2014 #36

Not this shit again. nt bemildred Jul 2014 #40

Oh for pete's sake. The Earth now has 7 BILLION people, and climbing. Hekate Jul 2014 #41

Oh, don't worry. Just outlaw female contraceptives. Hekate Jul 2014 #42

I've read that earlier generations had a "village" fried eggs Jul 2014 #55

Sad to see a Harvard professor throwing fearmongering 'time bombs' muriel_volestrangler Jul 2014 #66

bringing our population down gradually to <3B over the long term would be a good thing. Warren Stupidity Jul 2014 #70